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Huntington Library, HM 4823 . Previously published: J. W. Robberds (ed.), A Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Late William Taylor of Norwich, 2 vols (London, 1843), I, pp. 291–294 [in part].
These letters were edited with the assistance of Carol Bolton, Tim Fulford and Ian Packer
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Since the first of your unanswered lettersaxxxxlx sciatica had possession of his hip
& she wanted possession of his heart.
By this you must have received the Annual Anthologyth Century’, pp. 205–206; ‘Parodied in the 18th
Century’, pp. 206–207; and ‘The Seas’, pp. 233–236 were all published, under a variety of pseudonyms.x the serious pieces are very inferiour to those of a lighter cast. should you have recognized my hand
in the amorous effusions of Abel Shufflebottom?
The Dom Daniel
Davy is an extraordinary young man & much may be expected from him. you will
see by his poems (they are signed D.)d to vibrate with delight. the last symptom is
a feeling of strength & an impulse to exert every muscle. for the remainder of the day it left me with increased hilarity &
with my hearing taste & smell certainly more acute. I conceive this gas to be the atmosphere of Mohammeds Paradise.
t Mary. Devonshire.
This letter has lain unfinished while I have been rambling over this country. a country which appears to me to have received more
encomiums than it deserves. after coming from the North of Somersetshire every thing appears flat & uninteresting. I am about to
house myself at Exeter for a few weeks, till our habitation in Hampshire be vacant. there is a literary society at Exeter
I am sorry you have abdicated the office of literary Director,
Gather me at your leisure a few flowers for the Anthology.
direct at Mr Tuckers – Fore. Street Hill. Exeter.