"Sept. 25. 1815.
"Will you publish the Drury Lane 'Magpie?' or, what is more, will
you give fifty, or even forty, pounds for the copyright of the
said? I have undertaken to ask you this question on behalf of the
translator, and wish you would. We can't get so much for him by ten
pounds from any body else, and I, knowing your magnificence, would
be glad of an answer. Ever," &c.
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