Pray look over, in case of some eyesore escaping me.
Ever yours, B.
P.S.--Send the earliest copies to Mr. Frere, Mr. Canning, Mr. Heber, Mr.
Gifford, Lord Holland, Lady Melbourne (Whitehall), Lady C. L. (Brocket),
Mr. Hodgson (Cambridge), Mr. Merivale, Mr. Ward, from the author.
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356.--To John Murray.
November 23, 1813.
DEAR SIR,--You wanted some _reflections_, and I send you _per Selim_
(see his speech in Canto 2d, page 46.), eighteen lines in decent
couplets, of a pensive, if not an _ethical_ tendency. One more
revise--poz. the _last_, if decently done--at any rate the
_pen_ultimate. Mr. Canning's approbation (_if_ he did approve) I need
not say makes me proud [1].
As to printing, print as you will and how you will--by itself, if you
like; but let me have a few copies in _sheets_.
Ever yours,
B.
[Footnote 1: Canning wrote the following note to Murray:
"I received the books, and, among them, 'The Bride of Abydos'. It is
very, very beautiful. Lord Byron (when I met him, one day, at dinner
at Mr. Ward's) was so kind as to promise to give me a copy of it. I
mention this, not to save my purchase, but because I should be really
flattered by the present. I can now say that I have read enough of
Mad. de Stael to be highly pleased and instructed by her. The second
volume delights me particularly. I have not yet finished the third,
but am taking it with me on my journey to Liverpool.
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