Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey . ked, Can youafford it ? He answered, I can, and continued, not feel it. I paused. Well I said, ^ canknow notliing of your circumstances but from your ownstatement, and not doubting its accuracy, I am willing tobecome an agent, in any way you prescribe. Quincey then said, I authorise yoa, to ask , if he will accept from a gentleman, whoadmires his genius, the sum of five hundred pounds, butremember, he continued, I absolutely prohibit you fromnaming to liim, the source whence it was remarked; To the
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey . ked, Can youafford it ? He answered, I can, and continued, not feel it. I paused. Well I said, ^ canknow notliing of your circumstances but from your ownstatement, and not doubting its accuracy, I am willing tobecome an agent, in any way you prescribe. Quincey then said, I authorise yoa, to ask , if he will accept from a gentleman, whoadmires his genius, the sum of five hundred pounds, butremember, he continued, I absolutely prohibit you fromnaming to liim, the source whence it was remarked; To the latter part of your injunction, ifyou require it, I will accede, but although I amdeeply interested in Mr. Coleridges welfare, yet a spiritof equity compels me to recommend you, in the firstinstance, to present Mr. C. with a smaller sum, andwliich, if you see it right, you can at any time, De Quincey then replied, Three hundred pounds, Iwill give him, and you will oblige me by making thisoffer of mine to Mr. Coleridge. I replied, I will. I then. ffyrC^ h--u<,i/u^ X<w^ u^rT^c^ Cfv,^^ \ ^C /W I. ^
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