James Northcote, London, to Saml. Northcote, Plymouth, Devonshire
He is astonished that Mr. J. Mudge and Mr. Manley think he should remain with
Sir Joshua, he does not want to become the imitator of a single master, he must be free to develop his eork and earn some money; he is determined to go to Italy; the frost has been severe, the Thames frozen and lives lost; Tom Mudge has sent
Dean of Derry's verses to his father, he describes the incident behind that revering to "
Garrick reversing Odes Pindarick".