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Keswick Museum and Art Gallery, WC 202. ALS; 4p. . Previously published: John Wood Warter (ed.), Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, 4 vols (London, 1856), III, pp. 224–227.
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The death of poor Nash has given me, &
indeed my whole household a severe shock, for he had been with us so much that he seemed almost like one of the
family. It is little more than five years since I became acquainted with him, & we had spent more than twelve
months of that time together, at home & abroad. And the more we knew of him the better we loved him, – he was
so sensible of any kindness, so thoroughly amiable, & bore his cross so meekly.
Had it not been for this event I should have given you a chearful account of our goings on. The weather has been much less severe here than in the south. I went on Tuesday to bring Edith May home from Wordsworth’s, & returned on Thursday, & nothing could be pleasanter than the weather, – it quite reconciled one to an English January.
Bedford takes his rides on Sunday
because his shop is shut on that day, & he comes at an unlawful hour to suit his own dinner time. If you had
seen him he would have told you that the hexametersme
judice
I received the four first proofs of the Peninsular War
There is nothing of mine in the Q.R.o. has not reached me yet.
Landor received from me the
information of Sir C Wolseleys reference to him, & sent me his answer that I might transmit it to the
Courier.radical veracity, that in his conversation
concerning their neighbour the Princess at Como, Wolseley never attempted to deny the notorious fact of her
whoredom, but used to justify xxxx xx it! – I knew Robert Wolseley
Aunt Mary bears the winter well. Old age
nev[MS obscured] wore a xxx happier appearance in woman than it does in her, & every b[MS obscured]
this. It is delightful to see the enjoyment she has in amusing Cuthbert, & letting him do with her whatever he pleases.
That xx drawing which you have seen, is as excellent a likeness as ever was taken.
The difference of grammars at Westminster is not so great a disadvantage as you seem to
apprehend.r Bell was here last month, wearing wonderfully
well.
Longman would send the reprint of the
Carmina to the Doctors for you. the postscript to the
Notes is an excerpt from my half finished letter to Brougham.