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Laman Blanchard VII
Samuel Laman Blanchard to Peter George Patmore, [January 1845?]
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Preface
Vol I Contents
Charles Lamb I
Charles Lamb II
Charles Lamb III
Charles Lamb IV
Charles Lamb V
Charles Lamb VI
Charles Lamb VII
Charles Lamb VIII
Charles Lamb IX
Charles Lamb X
Thomas Campbell I
Thomas Campbell II
Thomas Campbell III
Thomas Campbell IV
Thomas Campbell V
Thomas Campbell VI
Thomas Campbell VII
Lady Blessington I
Lady Blessington II
Lady Blessington III
Lady Blessington IV
Lady Blessington V
R. Plumer Ward I
R. Plumer Ward II
R. Plumer Ward III
R. Plumer Ward IV
R. Plumer Ward V
R. Plumer Ward VI
Appendix vol I
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Horace & James Smith I
Horace & James Smith II
William Hazlitt I
William Hazlitt II
William Hazlitt III
William Hazlitt IV
William Hazlitt V
William Hazlitt VI
William Hazlitt VII
William Hazlitt VIII
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William Hazlitt IX
William Hazlitt X
William Hazlitt XI
William Hazlitt XII
William Hazlitt XIII
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Laman Blanchard I
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Laman Blanchard VII
Laman Blanchard VIII
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“Union Place, Monday.

My dear Patmore,—Forgive my delay, occasioned by a cold settled on the lungs, and be sure that, although I was ill, I deeply regretted your going away without seeing me. I would not have permitted it on any account. Now for your note. The proposal is every way kind and generous, and I shall always remember with pleasure that you have made it in so friendly a spirit. But, in my particular case, there is a fatal obstacle. Not in the house, nor in any of the arrangements we might probably form, agreeably to your views, but in the next house. Some members of that family we are very intimate with still. With respect to others, the taking up our abode next door would be an impossibility; and though years have passed,
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my wife would have an insuperable aversion to the thought, especially in her present state of mind. I cannot write on this subject. Give my kindest remembrances to your family.

“Yours ever,
“Laman Blanchard.”