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A Publisher and His Friends

CHAPTER XV
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If not, I will retire with her to France or America, change my name, and lead a quiet provincial life.

If she gets over this, and I get over my Tertian ague, I will perhaps look in at Albemarle Street _en passant_ to Bolivar." When Mr.Hobhouse, then living at Ramsbury, heard of Byron's intention to go to South America, he wrote to Mr.Murray as follows: " ...

To be sure it is impossible that Lord B.should seriously contemplate, or, if he does, he must not expect us to encourage, this mad scheme.

I do not know what in the world to say, but presume some one has been talking nonsense to him.

Let Jim Perry go to Venezuela if he will--he may edit his 'Independent Gazette' amongst the Independents themselves, and reproduce his stale puns and politics without let or hindrance.


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