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LETTERS 78 AND 79（第1页）

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LETTERS78AND79

CHARLESLAMBTOTHOMASMANNING

[MiddleDecember.]

IsendyouallofColeridgesletterstome，whichIhavepreserved:someofthemareuponthesubjectofmyplay.IalsosendyouKemblestwoletters，andtheprompterscourteousepistle，withacuriouscritiqueon"PridesCure，"byayoungphysicianfromEDINBRO，whomodestlysuggestsquiteanotherkindofaplot.ThesearemonumentsofmydisappointmentwhichIliketopreserve.

InColeridgeslettersyouwillfindagooddealofamusement，toseegenuinetalentstrugglingagainstapompousdisplayofit.IalsosendyoutheProfessorslettertome（carefulProfessor!toconcealhisnameevenfromhiscorrespondent），ereyettheProfessorspridewascured.Ohmonstrousandalmostsatanicalpride!

Youwillcarefullykeepall（excepttheScotchDoctors，whichburninstatusquo），tillIetoclaimmineown.

C.LAMB.

ForMisterManning，TeacherofMathematicsandtheBlackArts.Thereisanotherletterintheinsidecoverofthebookoppositetheblankleafthatwas.

Mindthisgoesforaletter.（Acknowledgeitdirectly，ifonlyintenwords.）

DEARMANNING—（Ishallwanttohearthisessafe.）Ihavescratchedoutagooddeal，asyouwillsee.Generally，whatIhaverejectedwaseitherfalseinfeeling，oraviolationofcharacter—mostlyofthefirstsort.Iwillherejustinstanceintheconcludingfewlinesofthe"DyingLoversStory，"whichpletelycontradictedhischaracterofsilentandunreproachful.Ihesitatedagooddealwhatcopytosendyou，andatlastresolvedtosendtheworst，becauseyouarefamiliarwithit，andcanmakeitout;andastrangerwouldfindsomuchdifficultyindoingit，thatitwouldgivehimmorepainthanpleasure.

Thisispoundedpreciselyofthetwopersonshandsyourequesteditshouldbe.—Yourssincerely，

C.LAMB.

[Thesewerethelettersacpanyingthecopyof"PridesCure"（or"JohnWoodvil"）whichCharlesandMaryLambtogethermadeforManning，asrequestedinthenoteonpage197.

AllthelettersmentionedbyLambhavevanished;unlessbyanunlikelychancethebundlecontainedColeridgeslettersonMrs.LambsdeathandonthequarrelwithLambandLloyd.

Manningsreply，datedDecember，1800，givesalittleinformationconcerningtheEdinburghphysiciansletter—"thatgentlemanwhosefertilebraincan，atamomentswarning，furnishyouwith10Thousandmodelsofaplot—ThegreatestvarietyofRapes，Murders，Deathsheads，&c.，&c.，soldhere."ManningthinksthattheScotchdoctorunderstandsLambstragedybetterthanColeridgedoes.Headds:"P.S.—MyverdictuponthePoetsepitaphisgenuine."ThisprobablyappliestoaquestionaskedbyLambconcerningWordsworthspoemofthatname.]

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