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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds. Previously published: Caroline Southey and Charles Cuthbert Southey (eds), The Life of the Rev. Andrew Bell, 3 vols (London, 1844), II, pp. 652–653 [in part].
These letters were edited with the assistance of Carol Bolton, Tim Fulford and Ian Packer
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The first prooft not merely to justify but to require the bitter
sarcasms which they have occasionally provoked. Nevertheless you know I am not obstinate, & wherever you think it advisable to
soften any thing, it is but to say so, & I am ready to do what may be thought most convenient.
Upon the sight of Fox’s Martyrs
A society has been formed at Bristol,to circulate for the purpose of circulating extracts from the Homilies, the writings of the Reformers, & tracts of
Church History. I am afraid that the Homilies & the writings of the Reformers had better be left for the learned, – the feelings of
the people must be addressed as well as their understandings. A society is not, in fact, required for this
purpose, – they should begin with the rising generation, little is to be done with those whose habits are already formed. Yet one is
glad to see that the dry bones are shaken.
So the Dragon is in Ireland, & the Devil of Vanity could
never have tempted him to commit a more egregious absurdity than what the Times of this evening records. The King a friend to Catholick
Emancipation & this a secret which was known to nobody but Joseph
Lancaster!
I give you x joy most heartily of your metropolitan proceedings. The seed which has so long been sown is now
springing up, & God grant you long life that you may rejoice in the increase!
Young & old join me in the customary wishes of the season, & in affectionate remembrances.