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Elizabeth Barrett to Thomas Powell, 24 December 1840: 'It is right to apprize you of the safe arrival [of book from Powell] [...] I see the Monthly Chronicle -- & had read some of the poems which accompanied the book.'
Robert Browning to Thomas Powell, c.October 1842: 'I am highly obliged to you [...] for the two volumes of verse now on my table. I have not as yet found time for the steady perusal I must give them -- but a glance at some of the smaller pieces has already convinced me of the injustice of your styling their appearance in print, an "infliction."'