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LETTER183

CHARLESLAMBTOS.T.COLERIDGE

Monday，Oct.30th，1809.

DearColeridge，—Ihavebutthismomentreceivedyourletter，datedthe9thinstant，havingjusteoffajourneyfromWiltshire，whereIhavebeenwithMaryonavisittoHazlitt.Thejourneyhasbeenofinfiniteservicetoher.Wehavehadnothingbutsunshinydaysanddailywalksfromeighttotwentymilesa-day;haveseenWilton，Salisbury，Stonehenge，&c.Herillnesslastedbutsixweeks;itleftherweak，butthecountryhasmadeuswhole.WecamebacktoourHogarthRoom—Ihavemadeseveralacquisitionssinceyousawthem，—andfoundNos.8，9，10of"TheFriend."TheaccountofLutherintheWarteburgisasfineasanythingIeverread.Godforbidthatamanwhohassuchthingstosayshouldbesilencedforwantof￡100.ThisCustom-and-DutyAgewouldhavemadethePreacherontheMounttakeoutalicence，andSt.PaulsEpistleswouldnothavebeenmissiblewithoutastamp.Oh，thatyoumayfindmeanstogoon!Butalas!whereisSirG.Beaumont?—Sotheby?WhatisbeeoftherichAuditorsinAlbemarleStreet?Yourletterhassaddenedme.

Iamsotiredwithmyjourney，beingupallnight，Ihaveneitherthingsnorwordsinmypower.IbelieveIexpressedmyadmirationofthepamphlet.ItspowerovermewaslikethatwhichMiltonspamphletsmusthavehadonhiscontemporaries，whoweretunedtotheWhatapieceofprose!Doyouhearifitisreadatall?Iamoutoftheworldofreaders.Ihateallthatdoread，fortheyreadnothingbutreviewsandnewbooks.Igathermyselfupuntotheoldthings.

Ihaveputupshelves.Youneversawabook-caseinmoretrueharmonywiththecontents，thanwhatIvenailedupinaroom，which，thoughnew，hasmoreaptitudesforgrowingoldthanyoushalloftensee—asonesometimesgetsafriendinthemiddleoflife，whobeesanoldfriendinashorttime.Myroomsareluxurious;oneisforprintsandoneforbooks;aSummerandaWinterparlour.WhenshallIeverseeyouinthem?

C.L.

[HazlitthasgivensomeaccountoftheLambsvisittoWinterslow，butthepassagebelongsprobablytotheyearfollowing.Inhisessay"OntheConversationofAuthors"helikensLambinthecountryto"themostcapriciouspoetOvidamongtheGoths.""Thecountrypeoplethoughthimanoddity，anddidnotunderstandhisjokes.Itwouldbestrangeiftheyhad，forhedidnotmakeany，whilehestayed.ButwhenhecrossedthecountrytoOxford，thenhespokealittle.Heandtheoldcollegeswerehail-fellowwellmet;andinthequadrangleshewalkedgowned."Again，in"AFarewelltoEssay-writing，"Hazlittsays:"IusedtowalkoutatthistimewithMr.andMissLambofanevening，tolookattheClaudeLorraineskiesoverourheadsmeltingfromazureintopurpleandgold，andtogathermushrooms，thatsprangupatourfeet，tothrowintoourhashedmutton."

LambsHogarthswereframedinblack.Itmusthavebeenaboutthistimethathebeganhisessay"OntheGeniusofHogarth，"whichwasprintedinTheReflectorin1811（seeVol.I.）.

TheFriendlasteduntilNo.XXVII.，March15，1810.TheaccountofLutherwasinNo.VIII.，October5，1809.Coleridgehadnotbeensupportedfinanciallyashehadhoped，andhadalreadybeguntothinkofstoppingthepaper.

SirGeorgeHowlandBeaumont（1753-1827），ofColeorton，thefriendandpatronofmenofgenius，hadhelped，withSotheby，intheestablishmentofTheFriend，andwasinstrumentalsubsequentlyinprocuringapensionforColeridge.WilliamSotheby（1757-1833），thetranslatorandauthor，hadreceivedsubscriptionsforColeridgeslectures.

"TherichAuditorsinAlbemarleStreet"—thosewhohadlistenedto

ColeridgeslecturesattheRoyalInstitution.

"Thepamphlet."PresumablyWordsworths"ConventionofCintra."

"Youneversawabook-case."LeighHuntwroteofLambsbooksintheessay"MyBooks，"inTheLiteraryExaminer:—

"Itlookslikewhatitis，aselectionmadeatpreciousintervalsfromthebook-stalls;—nowaChauceratnineandtwo-pence;nowaMontaigneoraSirThomasBrowneattwoshillings;nowaJeremyTaylor，aSpinoza;anoldEnglishDramatist，Prior，andSirPhilipSidney;andthebooksareneatasimported.Theveryperusalofthebacksisadisciplineofhumanity.ThereMr.SoutheytakeshisplaceagainwithanoldRadicalfriend:thereJeremyCollierisatpeacewithDryden:therethelion，MartinLuther，liesdownwiththeQuakerlamb，Sewel:thereGuzmandAlfarachethinkshimselffitpanyforSirCharlesGrandison，andhashisclaimsadmitted.EventhehighfantasticalDuchessofNewcastle，withherlaurelonherhead，isreceivedwithgravehonours，andnotthelessfordecliningtotroubleherselfwiththeconstitutionsofhermaids."]

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