William Hone to Dr. Charles West, 25 September, 1841

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1. William Hone to Dr. Charles West, 25 September, 1841.1 — -TEI-

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Tottenham
 25 Sept. 1841
My dear Sir

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Nothing occurs to me to say to the Committee on Tuesday

I was not aware you had written to Miss Rolleston — She was here in June, & promised £5 for next year, & £5 annually.

I have news of another Translation of Faust, sold by Smith, 1/6

Your Archaisms anon — anon, Sir, with the £2 for Shepherd

Think on David's followers — such are the United Brethren here

I ride in a Brighton Chair, get fatter, more helpless, and more laconic. Mr. Fry came to see me on Sunday.

We have a sort of influenza here which kills suddenly — I miss my Doctor — the voluntary principle, in medicine, is without action.

My dear Sir, I can write no more

William Hone
Notes
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Wellesley College Library, Special Collections, Last Days of William Hone, f. 24. The almost stream-of-consciousness language here — and the lack of periods at the ends of paragraphs — suggests that Hone's mind may have been slipping, despite the self-deprecating humor of the final paragraphs. A "Brighton Chair," incidentally, was an early wheeled chair sometimes referred to as an "invalid carriage." [return]
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