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shall be able to find some one as faithful and attentive to take your place; and with the assurance of my
do not therefore feel at liberty to direct the proposed improvements to be made from any funds under my
the Current, I do not feel at liberty to give further directions in this matter than are contained in my
In my letter of the 29th of August last I directed you, in pursuance of a suggestion from the War Department
It was my supposition from your previous communication that the offences which you alleged were perpetuated
Upon the receipt of his reply, I will give you my views concerning the expediency of complying with the
He lay on bed in his room—his eyes open—his look rather vacant: seemed a little startled by my entrance
Adding, as I edged towards the door—"Give my love to any of the boys you meet: tell them I still sit
Except for the Whitman portions pretty dry—not well put and kept together—but enheightens my respect
play of causes, (With vast results to come for thrice a thousand years,) These recitatives for thee,—my
"Finally my children, to envelop each word, each part of the rest, Allah is all, all, all—is immanent
play of causes, (With vast results to come for thrice a thousand years,) These recitatives for thee,—my
solitary woody pond, (half the time naked or half-naked)—am now quite fat & all tanned & red—Love to you, my
might insure the publication of the book; for purchasers of L. of G. are of all most likely to buy my
My old friend— I have been away from home a great deal and have not had time to come over when at home
Dec December 20 '76 My dear Johnston Enclosed find check for $35 for which send me on immediately as
from O'Connor —when I do I will tell you—I write or send papers or something every day —Have just had my
March 24/88 Dear Mr Whitman My father and other members of the "Society of Old Brooklynites" are anxious
man for his autograph, but if I could see your name, written by yourself, on the fly leaf it would be my
stands in the way won't you please state what you will ask for it, and then I shall have the matter off my
Give my love to your father & mother, & to Harry, Ed & all.
I am busy as a bee today over my reprint.
very anxious I should know of the bad illness of a particular friend of mine, & so wrote to Kirkwood—My
I hope it is healing all right & will be no more trouble—Nothing new or special with me—Sold one of my
November 4. 1877 My dear Walt Whitman I send you by this mail a copy of one essay of mine which is just
My dear Mr.
.— My dear Mr.
Wilkins, two students of Trinity College, Dublin, were the first to draw my attention to your poetical
New York, June 14th 188 6 Walt Whitman Esq Trusting that the intelligence conveyed will plead for my
London 24 Sept. 1890 Dear Walt Whitman, Accept my thanks for your "rejoinder" and the newspaper that
enclose twenty Dollars which I hope you will accept in payment for one set of the books & as a token of my
It escaped me to mention in my previous letter that a Mr.
I go early in the morning (Sunday) to see Mary—my wife at Atlantic —but Monday will see you at 7 .
without it—have got it back again—it is looking cheerfully at me now from its bracket in the corner of my
My daughter Clare is still in bed but will be up in a day or two I trust.
My brother Eustace (Duke) was back again for the day and left for home (Ottawa) at 5.30 last evening.
. [—] I have had quite a time the last few days arranging and posting recent additions to my W. W.
She came down on tuesday she is well though tired when she arrived she sends her love to you give my
Tomorrow I think we shall all go for a 15 mile drive to Delaware—H., Anne, Mrs.B., my boy Maurice, self
No hitch so far about my getting off by the Brittannic on 8 .
night—She told me many little particulars I was glad to hear, though all is so sad—Nothing special in my
Sunday Jan 13 [1884] 1½ p m I am going out to a small dinner party of friends, & am sitting here in my
warmish, gloomy weather here for some days now and continues as if it had come to stay—Can hardly read in my
However, those few lines will at least serve as an unambiguous testimony of my deep and true devotion
pretty cold—Still it is spring here—evidences every way, every day—Much singing of birds, on some of my
i received your Papers last monday i have been Very anxious to write to you but the Death of one of my
—All is in good shape here and the folk all well—the health of the Asylum has been excellent during my
. … My brother thinks (and I think so, too) that if you have not committed yourself, you could not do
advance— I am still living here & comfortable & in good spirits enough but probably near the end of my
Another on page 74 (very bad) where my sturdy "I vaunt it and I stand by it," is spoiled by being rendered