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L74.1Linnell2'26; E775| To John Linnell Esqre N 6 Cirencester Place,
L74.1Linnell2'26; E775| Fitzroy Square
L74.1Linnell2'26; E775| Feb/y 1. 1826 [Postmark: Evening 31 January]
L74.1Linnell2'26; E775| Dear Sir
L74.1Linnell2'26; E775| I am forced to write because I cannot come to you & this on
L74.1Linnell2'26; E775| two accounts First I omitted to desire you would come & take a
L74.1Linnell2'26; E775| Mutton chop with us the day you go to Cheltenham & I will go with
L74.1Linnell2'26; E775| you to the to the t1539 Coach also I will go to Hampstead to see
L74.1Linnell2'26; E775| Linnell on Sunday but will return before dinner (I mean if you
L74.1Linnell2'26; E775| set off before that) & Second I wish to have a Copy of Job to
L74.1Linnell2'26; E775| shew to Mr Chantry
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| For I am again laid up by a cold in my stomach the Hampstead
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| Air as it always did. so I fear it always will do [it]
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| <this> Except it be the Morning Air & That; in my Cousins time I
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| found I could bear with safety & perhaps benefit. I believe my
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| Constitution to be a good one but it has many peculiarities that
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| no one but myself can know. When I was young Hampstead Highgate
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| Hornsea Muswell Hill & even Islington & all places North of
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| London always laid me up the day after & sometimes two or three
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| days with precisely the same Complaint & the same torment of the
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| Stomach. Easily removed but excruciating while it lasts &
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| enfeebling for some time after Sr Francis Bacon would say it is
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| want of Discipline in Mountainous Places. Sr Francis Bacon is a
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| Liar. No discipline will turn one Man into another even in the
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| least particle. & such Discipline I cal Presumption & Folly I
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| have tried it too much not to know this & am very sorry for all
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| such who may be led to such ostentatious Exertion against their
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| Eternal Existence itself because it is Mental Rebellion against
L74.2Linnell2'26; E775| the Holy Spirit & fit only for a Soldier of Satan to perform
L74.3Linnell2'26; E775| Though I hope in a morning or two to call on you in
L74.3Linnell2'26; E775| Cirencester Place I feared you might be gone or I might be too
L74.3Linnell2'26; E775| ill to let you know how I am & what I wish
L74.3Linnell2'26; E775| I am dear Sir
L74.3Linnell2'26; E775| Yours Sincerely
L74.3Linnell2'26; E775| WILLIAM BLAKE