Jan 1717
A philosophical mind resolves to live according to the convenience and rules of nature and endeavours to enjoy at once all the varieties of an active life and all the quiet and peace of a retired solitude.

1717
I cannot doubt my own existence (fo 2)

There is no species of things – all things are individuals (fo 14)


11th May 1717
It falls to the lot of very few people to converse and live with those whom they would chuse to converse and live with.

19th April 1717
A prince may make himself odious, contemptible or both.


Other Observations
Fo 95
Huntingdonshire is in circumference 67 miles
Contains 240,000 acres
Divided into 4 Hundreds
Has 6 market towns
78 parishes
8,713 houses
Sends 4 members to parliament
Water’d by the rivers Ouse and Nene.