Excerpt from Letters, From the Year 1774 to the Year 1796, of John Wilkes, Esq., Addressed to His Daughter, the Late Miss. Wilkes, Vol. 3: With a Collection of His Miscellaneous Poems, to Which Is Prefixed a Memoir of the Life of Mr. Wilkes Pray lay me at the feet of the Dut chess, and tell her that when I recollect you are at the Hotel de la Valliere, the thought gives me pride and pleasure, and would envy, were it possible to envy those whom we love. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.