"September 22. 1812.
"My dear Lord,
"In a day or two I will send you something which you will still
have the liberty to reject if you dislike it. I should like to have
had more time, but will do my best,--but too happy if I can oblige
_you_, though I may offend a hundred scribblers and the discerning
public. Ever yours.
"Keep _my name_ a _secret_; or I shall be beset by all the
rejected, and, perhaps, damned by a party."
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