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L42.1Hayley4'04; E746|     42

L42.1Hayley4'04; E746|        To William Hayley Esqre Felpham
L42.1Hayley4'04; E746|        near Chichester, Sussex

 
L42.1Hayley4'04; E746|        Sth Molton Street April 7. 1804
L42.1Hayley4'04; E746|        Dear Sir
L42.1Hayley4'04; E746|        You can have no Idea unless you was in London as I am how
L42.1Hayley4'04; E746|        much your Name is lovd & respected--I have the Extreme pleasure
L42.1Hayley4'04; E746|        of transmitting to you one proof of this Respect which you will
L42.1Hayley4'04; E746|        be pleased with & I hope will adopt & embrace.
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        It comes thro, Mr Hoare. from Mr Phillips of St Pauls Church
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        Yard. it is as yet an intire secret between Mr P, Mr H; & myself
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        & will remain so till you have given Your Decision--Mr Phillips
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        is a man of vast spirit & enterprize. with a solidity of
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        character which few have; he is the man who applied to Cowper for
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        that Sonnet in favor of a Prisoner at Leicester which I believe
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        you thought fit not to print So you see he is spiritually adjoind
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        with us. His connections throughout England & indeed Europe &
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        America enable him to Circulate Publications to an immense
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        Extent. & he told Mr Hoare that on the present work which he
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        proposes to commence with your assistance he can afford to expend
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        2.000 a year. Mr Phillips considers you as the Great Leading
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        Character in Literature & his terms to others will amount to only
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        one Quarter of what he proposes to you-- I send Inclosd his Terms
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        as Mr Hoare by my desire has given them to me in writing.
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        Knowing your aversion to Reviews & Reviewing I consider the
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        Present Proposal as peculiarly adapted to your Ideas it may be
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        calld a Defence of Literature against those pests of the Press &
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        a bulwark for Genius which shall with your good assistance.
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        Disperse those Rebellious Spirits of Envy & Malignity In Short.
L42.2Hayley4'04; E746|        If you see it as I see it. You

 
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        will embrace this Proposal on the Score of Parental Duty
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        Literature is your Child, She calls for your assistance! You:
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        who never refuse to assist any how remote soever will
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        certainly hear her Voice. Your answer to the Proposal. you
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        will if you think fit direct to Mr Hoare who is worthy of every
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        Confidence you can place in him

 
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        I am dear Sir
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        Your anxiously Devoted
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        WILL BLAKE
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        Mr Hoares address is
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        To Prince Hoare Esqre
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        Buckingham Street
L42.2Hayley4'04; E747|        Strand

 

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