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National Library of Wales, MS 4813D. ALS; 3p. . Previously published: John Wood Warter (ed.), Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, 4 vols (London, 1856), III, pp. 249–250 [in part].
These letters were edited with the assistance of Ian Packer and Lynda Pratt
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During the last year or year & half that I was at Westminster one imposition served me: – after it was given up
& laid on the table, it was regularly abstracted either by myself or the Αναξ ανδρων,quartant Georges Day, as long as this can be kept
in reserve.
I am very glad to hear that you are concerned with the Records, especially if it is likely to accelerate a work so much
wanted as that of a Corpus Hist.
Do you know that the late Ld Lansdownxxxx proper sense of the value of such things.
I should like to know what your Corpus is to comprehend, & how far you purpose to come down with it. I hope the
Saxon & Welsh remains may be included, – with literal Latin versions. You will want more labourers than one. Paley