“I am pained by the recollection of our conversation
last night. The sole principle of conduct of which I am conscious in my
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WILLIAM GODWIN
behaviour to you, has been in everything to study your
happiness. I found a wounded heart, and as that heart cast itself on me, it was
my ambition to heal it. Do not let me be wholly disappointed.
“Let me have the relief of seeing you this morning. If
I do not call before you go out, call on me.”
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Author: C. Kegan Paul
Title:William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876).
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Series: Lord Byron and his Times: http://lordbyron.org
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