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least, before I quit my own Heritage, I shall scribble with all the Haste & impatience of a Grubstreet Garrateer – | least, before I quit my own Heritage, I shall scribble with all the Haste & impatience of a Grubstreet Garrateer – | ||
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least, before I quit my own Heritage, I shall scribble with all the Haste & impatience of a Grubstreet Garrateer –
Eliza sets out for her Winter Quarters at Bath in the first week of November; & when I am left quite alone, I shall ride my poor Pegasus as fast as I can persuade Him to carry me, that I may the sooner pay my adoration, to the fair Muse of Lichfield —
As to my Notes (which will chiefly consist of translated Passages from various Italian & Spanish Poets little known among us) as you so kindly offer me a room of uninvaded retirement, I shall finish them under your auspices, that I may have the delight of having you both as my Companion & Assistant
I long to see your sweet Elegy in its state of Improvement & amplification — If I have many comments to make on it, I shall be tempted to request it may not be printed till we have talked it over together at Lichfield, as my woeful Eyes allow me to write so little, & verbal criticisms, which may be adjusted in a moment by Conversation, require some pages in epistolary discussion – you have done