Letter from Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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line 1: British. Legation
line 2: Copenhagen 24 Feb 1863
line 3: Gentlemen
line 4: I beg to acknowledge
line 5: the receipt of your letter of
line 6: the 9th instance of this month. & to thank
line 7: you for the offer which
line 8: it contains. I have never
line 9: at any time contemplated
line 10: editing an Edition of
line 11: Pla??s' poems: nor
line 12: am I in possession
line 13: of the materials for doing
line 14: so. But I hope
line 15: these

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line 1: these poems will
line 2: not be suffered to fall
line 3: out of print as they
line 4: are about the only
line 5: existing record of a
line 6: remarkable man
line 7: who died too early
line 8: to secure that general
line 9: reputation which was
line 10: anticipated for him
line 11: by

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line 1: by his contemporaries
line 2: and I shall be glad to
line 3: learn that you have
line 4: received them from
line 5: that "Wallet whence
line 6: ???? puts alone for
line 7: observer"
line 8: I am Gentlemen
line 9: Your obedient
line 10: ???? Servant
line 11: R Lytton.

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line 1: franked
line 2: London S.W MaRch 2 1863
line 3: Messrs
line 4: Sampson & Low
line 5: 47 Ludgate Hill
line 6: London

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