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1. 1708. Robert Southey to T W Smith, 13 November 1809 

   August 2013 1708. Robert Southey to T W Smith, 13 November 1809 ⁠*   My dear Sir I value poetry as silversmiths do old plate, – by the materials & not the fashion thereof. Upon that principle I may say these verses are worth something, – for the silve ...

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2. 108. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, [before 15 October 1794] 

   March 2009 108. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, [before 15 October 1794] ⁠*   Dear Grosvenor Friar Bacons brazen head had more brains than all the Doctors at present in Oxford. what have you to do with Friar Bacons brazen head  [1]   say you? ...

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3. 131. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, [12 July 1795] 

   March 2009 131. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, [12 July 1795] ⁠*   My dear Grosvenor I have forgotten Duppas number in Newman Street. do send him on the enclosed. it is concerning the frontispiece,  [1]   & contains in it some lines whic ...

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4. 132. Robert Southey to Richard Duppa, [12 July 1795] 

   March 2009 132. Robert Southey to Richard Duppa, [12 July 1795] ⁠*   Poor Seward! I write to you Duppa with a strange sinking of the heart. he introduced me to you — he purified & strengthened my heart — & he has left a vacancy there which will no ...

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5. 159. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, [started before and continued on 12 June 1796] 

   March 2009 159. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, [started before and continued on 12 June 1796] ⁠*   Well said Grosvenor! you have hit off the character of our fine Ladies — & Mary Wollstonecraft & Robert Southey with all their hearts ...

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6. 170. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 29 August [–7 September] 1796 

   March 2009 170. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 29 August [–7 September] 1796 ⁠*   Monday. August 29 th 1796. by the fireside I have run plenum sed  [1]   against the Beast in my letters. if you were with me you should sit down & write a ...

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7. 73. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, [started before and continued on] 14 December [1793] 

   March 2009 73. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, [started before and continued on] 14 December [1793] ⁠*   The Gentleman who brings this letter must occupy a few lines of it. his name is Lovel. I know him but very little personally tho long by ...

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8. 80. Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 24 January–18 February 1794 

   March 2009 80. Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 24 January–18 February 1794 ⁠*   Friday. Jan y. 24. 1794. Once more am I settled in Balliol — once more among my friends — alternately studying & philosophizing — railing at collegiate folly &am ...

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9. 96. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 20–21 July 1794 

   March 2009 96. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 20–21 July 1794 ⁠*   Sunday. July 20. 1794. Bath. Grosvenor I believe nearly three weeks have elapsed since your last letter at Oxford damped my breakfast with disappointment. to see you at all t ...

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10. 97. Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 1 August 1794 

    March 2009 97. Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 1 August 1794 ⁠*   Bristol. August the first. 1794 Horace if ought my verse may boast of Truth, If ought to Freedom friendly it convey To Peace or Justice, — haply the Bards lay May not have flowd i ...

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