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' | <p>even he pronounced felicitous, present itself as characteristic<lb/> | ||
<add>enough</add> of the time. <del>& moreover for is</del> <add>and what is more</add> he concluded<lb/> | |||
with full assurance to have habitually been pressed<lb/> | |||
by the hand of this object of <add>your</add> patriotic & <sic>cosmopolite</sic><lb/> | |||
idolatry in the course of his travels in his state of<lb/> | |||
blindness up & down the staircase of the <sic>ballustrade</sic>:<lb/> | |||
of which it constituted — (I am not architect enough<lb/> | |||
to denominate by its appropriate name, I will<lb/> | |||
therefore in <del>prime</del> plain <sic>english</sic> style it) the prime<lb/> | |||
support. When I have next the pleasure of grasping<lb/> | |||
in mine your sympathetic hand, I will if you<lb/> | |||
have no objection, place you in the interior of the house<lb/> | |||
where in the correspondency between the detached part<lb/> | |||
you now have, & the remainder which preserves its<lb/> | |||
place, you will be satisfied that <del>it</del> <add>this sample</add> is no counterfeit.</p> | |||
<p> | |||
Upon mentioning this incident yesterday to a<lb/> | |||
friend of mine, he <del>told</del> <add>observed to</add> me that, as your <sic>Philladelphian</sic><lb/> | |||
Museum was so fond of relics, he thought it<lb/> | |||
<add>might</add></p><pb/> | |||
<p>might be in his power to supply it with one, which<lb/> | |||
though not exactly on the same account, yet by a<lb/> | |||
similar operation of the principle of the association<lb/> | |||
of ideas might be rendered not altogether unacceptable.<lb/> | |||
It is a portion of the so highly celebrated internal<lb/> | |||
roof of Westminster Hall, which for the<lb/> | |||
purpose of <add>giving</add> <del>the preparations made on the <gap/><lb/> | |||
of the late <gap/> it was deemed necessary giving</del><lb/> | |||
additional light to one of the courts of justice, it<lb/> | |||
was some little time ago thought necessary to cut<lb/> | |||
into. Of the genuineness of this relic such as it is,<lb/> | |||
I have not myself any the smallest doubt: My<lb/> | |||
friend is no jester or scorner. He is Walter Coulson<lb/> | |||
a former amanuensis & disciple of mine: <add>at</add> present<lb/> | |||
Editor of the Traveller Newspaper, the opinions &<lb/> | |||
affections of which are in such perfect & uniform<lb/> | |||
accordance with <sic>your's</sic> & mine on the earthly part<lb/> | |||
of the field of thought & action, It is with the purest<lb/> | |||
<add>satis</add></p> | |||
even he pronounced felicitous, present itself as characteristic
enough of the time. & moreover for is and what is more he concluded
with full assurance to have habitually been pressed
by the hand of this object of your patriotic & cosmopolite
idolatry in the course of his travels in his state of
blindness up & down the staircase of the ballustrade:
of which it constituted — (I am not architect enough
to denominate by its appropriate name, I will
therefore in prime plain english style it) the prime
support. When I have next the pleasure of grasping
in mine your sympathetic hand, I will if you
have no objection, place you in the interior of the house
where in the correspondency between the detached part
you now have, & the remainder which preserves its
place, you will be satisfied that it this sample is no counterfeit.
Upon mentioning this incident yesterday to a
friend of mine, he told observed to me that, as your Philladelphian
Museum was so fond of relics, he thought it
might
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might be in his power to supply it with one, which
though not exactly on the same account, yet by a
similar operation of the principle of the association
of ideas might be rendered not altogether unacceptable.
It is a portion of the so highly celebrated internal
roof of Westminster Hall, which for the
purpose of giving the preparations made on the
of the late it was deemed necessary giving
additional light to one of the courts of justice, it
was some little time ago thought necessary to cut
into. Of the genuineness of this relic such as it is,
I have not myself any the smallest doubt: My
friend is no jester or scorner. He is Walter Coulson
a former amanuensis & disciple of mine: at present
Editor of the Traveller Newspaper, the opinions &
affections of which are in such perfect & uniform
accordance with your's & mine on the earthly part
of the field of thought & action, It is with the purest
satis
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letter 2796, vol. 10 |
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