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Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries
Lord Dudley to Samuel Rogers, 25 December 1825
INTRODUCTION & INDEXES
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Preface
Vol. I Contents
Chapter I. 1803-1805.
Chapter II. 1805-1809.
Chapter III. 1810-1812.
Chapter IV. 1813-1814.
Chapter V. 1814-1815.
Chapter VI. 1815-1816.
Chapter VII. 1816-1818.
Chapter VIII. 1818-19.
Chapter IX. 1820-1821.
Chapter X. 1822-24.
Chapter XI. 1825-1827.
Vol. II Contents
Chapter I. 1828-1830.
Chapter II. 1831-34.
Chapter III. 1834-1837.
Chapter IV. 1838-41.
Chapter V. 1842-44.
Chapter VI. 1845-46.
Chapter VII. 1847-50.
Chapter VIII. 1850
Chapter IX. 1851.
Chapter X. 1852-55.
Index
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‘Bowood: Christmas Day, 1825.

‘Quite right—your note will serve as a memorandum to which, however, as the transaction is not very complicated, and as the parties understand each other, it is not likely that we shall be obliged to have recourse.

‘He desires secrecy, and so do I. Pray, therefore, say nothing about the matter to anybody. If he thinks that his sending the picture immediately will set people talking, and that any advantage on that side is to be gained by delay, I shall be quite willing to wait till a more convenient season. However, I had rather you would use your own discretion in what you say to him on this point.

‘My horse fell with me yesterday, and I narrowly escaped breaking my neck. However, I pursued my journey, and in the evening began to study Crambo with tolerable success.

‘We have the Abercrombys here, and the Ords, and
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Macdonald, and Macdonell, and Miss Fox, and yesterday we had Pamela, who is delightful, more so (if possible) than her husband, Sir G. C.

‘Ever truly yours,
‘D.’