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• 1 2024-01-18T18:59:47+00:00 Letter from Eliza Conder to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/16) 10 plain 2024-09-09T16:36:52+00:00
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  My dear Madam,
  
  Having, contrary to my
  intention, omitted sending on immediate
  acknowledgment of your polite and kind
  note, I must beg you to accept with
  my best thanks for its friendly contents,
  my apologies for having thus delayed
  them. It would afford me much pleasure
  to enjoy a few hours of your society, and
  I am not without hope of accomplishing
  this purpose at some interval, before
  my return.
  
  A copy of your elegant volume
  was sent into my hands by Mr. Conder
  the evening before I left home.
  In the prospect of parting from my
  family, I had not much leisure of
  mind, to consider its merits. Therefore,
  contented myself with ascertaining satis-
  factorily the two points on which, I believe,
  all writers -- whether drinking at the
  fountain head of Castaly, or sipping at its
  remotest confluence with the waters
  of oblivion -- will he found most sen-
  sitive: -- What mistakes have the
  printers made? and who are our companions?
  Both questions were inexceptionable[?]
  answered both for Mr. Conder's verses and
  my own. Then, I felt obliged to close
  the book, and can guess[?] at its further
  character only only as it may be more
  or less favourably received in the review.
  The Critic seems to have possessed the
  good taste and tact to transmute
  the one disadvantage -- its late appear-
  ance into a recommendation.
  
  I cannot suppress a degree of agitation
  in looking on the thickening shadows
  of this evening, and thinking of
  tomorrow dawn. -- feelings in which
  you have feared, that you most
  (deeply
  deeply participate[?]. A day so full of
  thrilling interest may not again wake
  until the last sunrise shall appear.
  I must offer my sincere thanks for
  your very kind enquiries, and am thankful
  to be able to say All is well.
  My Sister unites with me
  affectionate respects to Mrs. Reid, and
  best regards to your whole family. She
  begs also her kindest remembrance
  to yourself. Believe me,
  
  My dear Mrs Rawson
  Your with affection and esteem
  Eliza Conder
  
  West Dan House
  July 31st
  1834.