(from vol 1, letter 53: 24 Oct 1777, to Mr S___ ).
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Ignatius Sancho: Frases en inglés
(from vol 2, letter 67: 6 Jun 1780, to J___ S___ esq).
(from vol 2, letter 42: 9 Oct 1779, to Mr M___ ) [describing a friend]
(from vol 2, letter 1: some time in 1778, to Mr J___ W___e ).
(from vol 2, letter 21: 11 Mar 1779, to Mr S___ ).
(from vol 1, letter 28: 4 Oct 1775, to Miss L___ ).
(from vol 2, letter 78: 18 Aug 1780, to J___ S___ esq.).
(from vol 2, letter 65: 29 Apr 1780, to the General Advertiser newspaper)
(from vol 1, letter 46: 15 Aug 1777, to Miss C___ ).
(from vol. 1, letter 35: Jul 1776, to Mr Sterne [i.e. Laurence Sterne who died in 1768- date should be 1766]).
(from vol 2, letter 13: 29 Nov 1778, to Mr S___ in Madras).
(from vol 2, letter 32: 25 Aug 1779, to Mrs C___ ).
(from vol 1, letter 38: 1 Sep 1776, to Mr M___ ) [the quotation is from Alexander Pope's poem "1738" (now usually known as "Epilogue to the Satires, dialogue 1"), referring to postal reformer and philanthropist Ralph Allen]
(from vol 2, letter 62: 17 Jan 1780, to Mr S___ ).
(from vol 2, letter 1: some time in 1778, to Mr J___ W___e [actually Jack Wingrave, a young man recently gone to work in India, who was distressed by the corruption he found there]).
(from vol 2, letter 43: 17 Oct 1779, to Mr M___ ).
(from vol 2, letter 13: 29 Nov 1778, to Mr S___ in Madras) [this Mr S___ was Julius Soubise, former London playboy, who slowly made a new life for himself in India after fleeing England in 1777 due to a rape accusation]
“Poverty and Genius were coupled by the wisdom of Providence for wise and good ends, no doubt”
(from vol 2, letter 9: 4 Oct 1778, to Mr S___ ).
(from vol 1, letter 28: 4 Oct 1775, to Miss L___ ) [sadly, little Lydia Sancho died in 1776]
(from vol 1, letter 21: probably summer 1775, to Mr R___ ).
(from vol 2, letter 60: 5 Jan 1780, to Mr J. W___e [still in India] ).
“This- this- is liberty! genuine British liberty!”
This instant about two thousand liberty boys are swearing and swaggering by with large sticks
(from vol 2, letter 67: 6 Jun 1780, to J___ S___ esq).
thou wantest nothing- more than, what's in thy possession, or in thy power to possess:- I would neither give thee Money, nor Territory, Women, nor Horses, nor Camels, nor the height of Asiatic pride, Elephants;- I would give thee Books
(from vol 2, letter 60: 5 Jan 1780, to Mr J. W___e [still in India] ).
“We are in great hopes about poor Lydia.”
An honest and ingenious motherly woman in our neighbourhood has undertaken the perfect cure of her, and we have every reason to think, with God's blessing, she will succeed- which is a blessing we shall owe entirely to the comfort of being poor, for had we been rich, the doctors would have had the honor of killing her a twelvemonth ago.
(from vol 1, letter 28: 4 Oct 1775, to Miss L___ ) [sadly, little Lydia Sancho died in 1776]
