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George Cox : [MS verses]

'I have many things to acknowledge, but let me take them in turn. Firstly, I have to thank you for your verses. Need I say that however much of truth there may be in them, I should be guilty of very bad taste if I placed them before the public eye; or that the reference to myself and the feelings upon which it is founded are better kept within my own heart?' Lastly, I beg you to accept my best thanks for your novel; I hope to read it with much pleasure.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Dickens      Manuscript: Unknown

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