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The life and letters of William Beckford, of Fonthill (1910)

Benjamin, Lewis Saul, 1874-1932, Storer, James Sargant, 1771-1853 · London : W. Heinemann · leaf 326

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phetic eye you seemedcontemplating when we last conversed together. My intelligence from Paris long since gave me tounderstand what is now passing. More will pass, unlesssuch a mind as yours, pure, generous, unprejudiced andfervid, is turned into its proper current, not bound up inthe regions of… … ALEXANDER, TENTH DUKE OF HAMILTON, K.T.Sir Henry Eaebubn Jiy permisaion of the Duke of Hamilton THE MARQUIS OF DOUGLAS 287 jolts and irritations, I could answer for the good effect thearomatic air of our pine forests would produce upon yournerves and spirits. Adieu for the moment, my dear…

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