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51. Baker St.</p> | |||
<p>My dear Sir</p> | |||
<p>I know not how to thank you | |||
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sufficiently for your kind note of the 16<hi rend="superscript">th</hi>, and the | |||
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valued <sic>relick</sic> of Milton's residence that came with | |||
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it. But I give fair warning thus early, that I | |||
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cannot transfer <del>it</del> <add>the latter</add> to any museum whatever, but | |||
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must reserve it for a more selfish use, viz for my | |||
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own house when I get back to my country, where it | |||
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may serve to recall classic recollections in the | |||
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minds of my children, and where especially I | |||
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may be able to recount to my friends the gratifying | |||
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circumstances under which I obtained it. | |||
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Nor shall I in this be guilty of a breach of faith, | |||
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for <del>that</del> <add>my promise</add> only went to a piece of mortar, or brick,</p> | |||
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August 18. 1821.
51. Baker St.
My dear Sir
I know not how to thank you
sufficiently for your kind note of the 16th, and the
valued relick of Milton's residence that came with
it. But I give fair warning thus early, that I
cannot transfer it the latter to any museum whatever, but
must reserve it for a more selfish use, viz for my
own house when I get back to my country, where it
may serve to recall classic recollections in the
minds of my children, and where especially I
may be able to recount to my friends the gratifying
circumstances under which I obtained it.
Nor shall I in this be guilty of a breach of faith,
for that my promise only went to a piece of mortar, or brick,
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richard rush |
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letter 2797, vol. 10 |
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