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Huntington Library, RS 92. Not previously published.
These letters were edited with the assistance of Carol Bolton, Tim Fulford and Ian Packer
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I handsel (heaven knows the orthography of that word) my seal upon my brother Harrys thesis. One is directed to Carlisle – one to George Dyer – both having expressed a wish to have one
– the third you may look at or not at your before it goes into one of the lateral receptables of your Privy Cabinet, – or
while it is there in course of use – at your own pleasure. Being of softer texture than acts of Parliament it is better suited for the
xxxxxxxxxx use to which it will be applied.
Country air I hope will effectually restore Mrs R.s health. The
rumour concerning Coleridge is false. We believe he is living at Rome
under a feigned name as necessary precaution.
Tom is come home to England, & hopes to get a spell here.
Your Sphynx forms an excellent seal. My blackletter is not orthodoxly shaped, & might have been a little larger
& a little deeper cut – but I like it well on the whole.
I am providing a Chronicle of the Cid for English Readers, which is as curious a fiction of manners & society as
you have ever seen.
Turners Review will never fall in my way till I get to London again. I am obliged
to him for a friendly shove, which would have been a hearty one had it been in a more effectual place.
The Printer & I go on as slowly as I could wish – for the Cid delights me more than my ideal Spaniard