The pictures of Phillips I consider as _mine_, all three; and the one
(not the Arnaut) of the two best is much at _your service_, if you will
accept it as a present, from Yours very truly, BIRON.
P.S.--The expence of engraving from the miniature send me in my account,
as it was destroyed by my desire; and have the goodness to burn that
detestable print from it immediately.
[Footnote 1: 'The What d'ye call't?' by John Gay (act ii. sc. 9):
"So comes a reckoning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckoning, and men smile no more."]
[Footnote 2: Murray replies, November 18, 1813,
"I restore the 'Giaour' to your Lordship entirely, and for 'it', the
'Bride of Abydos', and the miscellaneous poems intended to fill up the
volume of the small edition, I beg leave to offer you the sum of One
Thousand Guineas, and I shall be happy if you perceive that my
estimation of your talents in my character of a man of business is not
much under my admiration of them as a man."]
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354.--To John Murray.
November 20, 1813.
More work for the _Row_. I am doing my best to beat "_The Giaour_"--_no_
difficult task for any one but the author. Yours truly,
B.
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355.--To John Murray.
November 22, 1813.
DEAR SIR,--I have no time to _cross_-investigate, but I believe and hope
all is right. I care less than you will believe about its success, but I
can't survive a single _misprint_; it _choaks_ me to see words misused
by the Printers.
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