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<p>and never to a precious <sic>ballustrade</sic> such as you | |||
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have sent me, and which doubtless has been often | |||
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pressed by the hands of the immortal blind bard. | |||
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I cannot, will not, part with it, and shall cause | |||
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your accompanying note to be preserved in my | |||
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family, as the voucher of its genuineness. I venerate | |||
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Milton too much in the double capacity of poet | |||
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and republican. The brick, (notwithstanding the | |||
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proverb,) or something else, I will hold myself | |||
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still ready to hand over to the Museum, but | |||
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this precious memorial — no never.</p> | |||
<p>Happy should I also be, to receive a | |||
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piece of the internal roof of Westminster hall, | |||
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according to your kind intimation, say of a foot | |||
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or six inches square, for a use which I will | |||
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explain when next we may have the pleasure to</p> | |||
and never to a precious ballustrade such as you
have sent me, and which doubtless has been often
pressed by the hands of the immortal blind bard.
I cannot, will not, part with it, and shall cause
your accompanying note to be preserved in my
family, as the voucher of its genuineness. I venerate
Milton too much in the double capacity of poet
and republican. The brick, (notwithstanding the
proverb,) or something else, I will hold myself
still ready to hand over to the Museum, but
this precious memorial — no never.
Happy should I also be, to receive a
piece of the internal roof of Westminster hall,
according to your kind intimation, say of a foot
or six inches square, for a use which I will
explain when next we may have the pleasure to
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letter 2797, vol. 10 |
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