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Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell to L. M., [1832?]
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
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Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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Chapter 3
Chapter 4
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Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
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Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
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“My dear L.,—I can’t dine with you to-day. The prince* (who, by the way, promised yesterday to be godfather to your bairn) made such important criticisms on the address, and struck out

* Prince Adam Czartoriaky.

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such new lights, that I must have some hours to correct it. Bach took down notes from his remarks, and was to put them together for my use yesterday; but when we came home from the Prince to our chambers, he was so knocked up that he called for wine, and I was obliged to join the ‘man of the temperance society’ in a bottle of sherry, which we half consumed.”

(Here the poet had drawn with a pen a couple of figures, representing himself and his friend B. at work, that which represented the poet crying out “Shame, Mr. Temperance Society!” to his friend).

“This morning B—— sent me word that he could not get the notes finished last night, so I must wait his leisure to-day, and I cannot be certain of being disengaged even at six, so don’t expect me. The address must be ready for the newspapers this night, or else we shall not get them to publish it.

“Yours very truly,
“T. Campbell.”