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[To William Hayley]
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South Molton Street, 26 October 1803
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Dear Sir,
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I hasten to write to you by the favour of Mr. Edwards. I
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have been with Mr. Saunders who has now in his possession all
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Mr. Romney's pictures that remained after the sale at Hempstead;
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I saw Milton and his Daughters, and 'Twas where the
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Seas were Roaring, and a beautiful Female head. He
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has promised to write a list of all that he has in his
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possession, and of all that he remembers of Mr. Romney's
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paintings, with notices where they now are, as far as his
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recollection will serve. The picture of Christ in the Desert
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he supposes to be one of those which he has rolled on
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large rollers. He will take them down and unroll them,
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but cannot do it easily, as they are so large as to occupy the
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whole length of his workshop, and are laid across beams at the
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top.
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Mr Flaxman is now out of town. When he returns I will lose
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no time in setting him to work on the same object.
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I have got to work after Fuseli for a little Shakespeare.
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Mr. Johnson the bookseller tells me that there is no want of
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work. So far you will be rejoiced with me, and your words,
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"Do not fear you can want employment!" were verified the
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morning after I received your kind letter; but I go on finishing
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Romney with spirit, and for the relief of variety shall engage in
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other little works as they arise.
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I called on Mr. Evans who gives small hopes of our ballads;
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he says he has sold but fifteen numbers at the most, and that
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going on would be a certain loss of almost all the expenses. I
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then proposed to him to take a part with me in publishing them on
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a smaller scale, which he declined on account of its being out of
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his line of business to publish, and a line in which he is
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determined never to engage, attaching himself wholly to the sale
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of fine editions of authors and curious books in general. He
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advises that some publisher should be spoken to who would
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purchase the copyright: and, as far as I can judge of the nature
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of publication, no chance is left to one out of the trade. Thus
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the case stands at present. God send better times. Everybody
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complains, yet all go on cheerfully and with spirit. The shops
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in London improve; everything is elegant, clean, and neat; the
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streets are widened where they were narrow; even Snow Hill is
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become almost level, and is a very handsome street, and the
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narrow part of the Strand near St. Clement's is widened and
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become very elegant.
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My wife continues poorly, but fancies she is better in
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health here than by the seaside. We both sincerely pray for the
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health of Miss Poole, and for all our friends in Sussex, and
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remain, dear sir,
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Your sincere and devoted servants,
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W. and C. BLAKE
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[From the Gilchrist Life]
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