Chase Side,
Jany. 1st
Now, nay, dear Miss Barrett, I must be quite positive on this matter—quite rudely positive,—and indeed I shall be both pained & disappointed, if you will not let me send you this poor book of mine—for I have quite reckoned on so doing, & when I first began to write it, with the thought of my friends, was mixed up a thought of yourself, as one of them, & the hope that I might be able to write something that would give you pleasure– So you see you have quite a right to it, & no right whatsoever, to shake your head, & refuse–
As to my taking your reference to the advertisement, as a suggestion—how could you ever conceive so ugly an imagination?
1 January [1844]. Westwood, Thomas to Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.
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1844-01-01
Author
Westwood, Thomas
Recipient
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Letter Text
Chase Side,
Jany. 1st
Now, nay, dear Miss Barrett, I must be quite positive on this matter—quite rudely positive,—and indeed I shall be both pained & disappointed, if you will not let me send you this poor book of mine—for I have quite reckoned on so doing, & when I first began to write it, with the thought of my friends, was mixed up a thought of yourself, as one of them, & the hope that I might be able to write something that would give you pleasure– So you see you have quite a right to it, & no right whatsoever, to shake your head, & refuse–
As to my taking your reference to the advertisement, as a suggestion—how could you ever conceive so ugly an imagination?