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ERT SOUTHEY

RECOLLE

FAN LIFE OF ROBERT SOUTHEY,

VEITTEN BY HIMSELF,

etters to his Friend, Mr. John May.

In May,

Keswick, Wedensday evening,
July 26th, 1880.

has said that hell is paved with If Beelzebub has a tesselated kind in one of his state rooms, I nd to have contributed largely to materials. But that I may save tion at least, from being trodden

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THE

LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE

OF

ROBERT SOUTHEY.

RECOLLECTIONS

OF

THE EARLY LIFE OF ROBERT SOUTHEY,

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF,

In a Series of Letters to his Friend, Mr. John May.

LETTER I.

HIS ANCESTORS.-THE CANNON SOUTHEYS. HIS FATHER SENT TO LONDON. REMOVED TO BRISTOL.

My dear friend John May,

Keswick, Wednesday evening,
July 26th, 1820.

SOME old divine has said that hell is paved with good resolutions. If Beelzebub has a tesselated pavement of this kind in one of his state rooms, I fear I shall be found to have contributed largely to its unsubstantial materials. But that I may save one good resolution at least, from being trodden

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