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Huntington Library, RS 44. Previously published: Charles Cuthbert Southey (ed.), Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, 6 vols (London, 1849-1850), II, pp. 234-236 [in part].
These letters were edited with the assistance of Carol Bolton, Tim Fulford and Ian Packer
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I am manufacturing a piece of Paternoster-Row-goods,
thank him in my name for his book. my Uncle has sent for what he desired from Madrid. does he want only what was published in 1788? if so my Uncle will procure that seperately & keep the complete set himself.
My historyt ThomasEurope old world is most remarkable. in the first voyage of GamaVenetian, & a Polish Jew. The world was not so ignorant as has
been supposed, individuals possess knowledge which there was no motive for
communicating – no sooner was it known that K Joam 2 would reward people for
intelligence respecting the East, than two of his own Jew subjects came &
told him they had been there. the commercial spirit of the Moors is truly
astonishing – Dutchmen or East India Directors could not be more jealous of
their monopolies. the little kingdoms which Gama found resemble Homers
Phocæa.
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Has Biddlecombe ever forwarded the remainder of my chattels from Burton, as I desired him immediately on my
return from London? my own views are very unsettled & must be a good deal
influenced by the fate of Portugal. if my Uncle be driven to England,
his fixing will give me a local preference. else if the climate do not nip me I
am well where I am, & having tried it shall remove my books here & look
out for a freehold in the chur parish church
yard.
What news of George I
& George II? which puts me in
mind of the third person of that Trinity
Can you get over for me my things from Dublin? the Brucexxx at
which it was entered – whereby Solomon got the money & the Officer remained
with a stock in hand of Balm of Gilead for sale.
My brother Harry is just gone to Edinburgh to begin the preliminaries of Doctorification. if I had any business with the Press I should probably remove there for the sake of seeing him & the finest city in the British dominions.