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 Rh finished plate, I consider thirty guineas as its price, and the "Pliny" fifteen guineas.

Our dear friend Hawkins is out of town, and will not return till April. I have sent to him, by a parcel from Col. Sibthorpe's, your desirable poetical present for Mrs. Hawkins. His address is this: To John Hawkins, Esq., Dallington, near Northampton. Mr. Edwards is out of town likewise.

I am very far from showing the portrait of Romney as a finished proof. Be assured that with our good Flaxman's good help, and with your remarks on it in addition, I hope to make it a "supernaculum." "The Shipwreck," also, will be infinitely better the next proof. I feel very much gratified at your approval of my "Queen Catherine": beg to observe that the print of "Romeo and the Apothecary" annexed to your copy is a shamefully worn-out impression, but it was the only one I could get at Johnson's. I left a good impression of it when I left Felpham last in one of Heath's Shakespeare: you will see that it is not like the same plate with the worn-out impression. My wife joins me in love and in rejoicing in Miss Poole's continued health.—I am, dear Sir, yours sincerely,

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