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Badams : Letter

'Yesterday Badams wrote me (from admist the 'wild beasts of Ephesus,' as he calls the new Mining Companies, with whom he is in constant treaty about some important smelting schemes): he wishes me to stay till his return, but if I cannot, he entreats me to take Taffy (a little fiery corn-fed indefatigable Welsh Pony of his, on which I ride) with all its furniture, for the love of him.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle      Manuscript: Letter

Badams : Letter

'He has written to me twice since his departure; he insists that I shall take a little pony of his with all its furniture; ride home on it thro' the Peak country in Derbyshire, and keep the steed in remembrance of him.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle      Manuscript: Letter

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