It is with deep regret and some mortification that I appear to press you. It is of the highest importance to me that the ‘P. R.’ should appear without loss of time. I have an impending election in the country, which a single and not improbable event may precipitate. It is a great object with me, that my work should be published before that election.
Its rejection by you will only cause me sorrow. I have no desire that you should become its publisher, unless you conceive it may be the first of a series of works, which may support your name, and sustain your fortunes. There is no question of pecuniary matters between us; I leave all these with you, with illimitable trust.
Pray, pray, my dear Sir, do not let me repeat the feelings
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Believe me, as I have already said, that whatever that decision may be, I shall not the less consider myself,
