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LETTER48

CHARLESLAMBTOTHOMASMANNING

Dec.28th，1799.

DearManning，—Havingsuspendedmycorrespondenceadecentinterval，asknowingthatevengoodthingsmaybetakentosatiety，awishcannotbutrecurtolearnwhetheryoubestillwellandhappy.DoallthingscontinueinthestateIlefttheminCambridge?

Doyournightpartiesstillflourish?anddoyoucontinuetobewilderyourpanywithyourthousandfacesrunningdownthroughallthekeysofidiotism（likeLloydoverhisperpetualharpsicord），fromthesmileandtheglimmerofhalf-senseandquarter-sensetothegrinandhanginglipofBettyFoysownJohnny?Anddoestheface-dissolvingcurfewsoundattwelve?Howunlikethegreatoriginalswereyourpettyterrorsinthepostscript，notfearfulenoughtomakeafairyshudder，oraLilliputianfinelady，eightmonthsfullofchild，miscarry.Yetoneofthem，whichhadmorebeastthantherest，Ithoughtfaintlyresembledoneofyourbrutifications.But，seriously，IlongtoseeyourownhonestManning-faceagain.Ididnotmeanapun，—yourmansface，youwillbeapttosay，Iknowyourwickedwilltopun.IcannotnowwritetoLloydandyoutoo，soyoumustconveyasmuchinterestingintelligenceasthismaycontain，orbethoughttocontain，tohimandSophia，withmydearestloveandremembrances.

Bytheby，IthinkyouandSophiabothincorrectwithregardtothetitleoftheplay.Allowingyourobjection（whichisnotnecessary，aspridemaybe，andisinreallifeoften，curedbymisfortunesnotdirectlyoriginatingfromitsownacts，asJeremyTaylorwilltellyouanaughtydesireissometimessenttocureit—Iknowyoureadthesepracticaldivines）.Butallowingyourobjection，doesnotthebetrayingofhisfatherssecretdirectlyspringfrompride?—fromtheprideofwineandafullheart，andaproudover-steppingoftheordinaryrulesofmorality，andcontemptoftheprejudicesofmankind，whicharenottobindsuperiorsouls—"astrustinthematterofsecretalltiesofblood，&c.，&c.，keepingofpromises，thefeeblemindsreligion，bindingourmorningknowledgetotheperformanceofwhatlastnightsignorancespake"—doeshenotprate，that"GreatSpirits"mustdomorethandiefortheirfriend—doesnottheprideofwineincitehimtodisplaysomeevidenceoffriendship，whichitsownirregularityshallmakegreat?ThisIknow，thatImeanthispunishmentnotalonetobeacureforhisdailyandhabitualpride，butthedirectconsequenceandappropriatepunishmentofaparticularactofpride.

Ifyoudonotunderstanditso，itismyfaultinnotexplainingmymeaning.

IhavenotseenColeridgesince，andscarcelyexpecttoseehim，—perhapshehasbeenatCambridge.IdinedwithhimintownandbreakfastedwithhimandPriscilla，whoyoumaytellCharleshaspromisedtoeandseemewhenshereturns[to]ClaphaIwillwritetoCharlesonMonday.

NeedIturnovertoblotafreshcleanhalf-sheet?merelytosay，whatIhopeyouaresureofwithoutmyrepeatingit，thatIwouldhaveyouconsiderme，dearManning，Yoursincerefriend，

C.LAMB.

Whatisyourproperaddress?

["BettyFoysownJohnny"—"TheIdiotBoy，"intheLyricalBallads.

"Inthepostscript."AreferencepresumablytosomedrawingsoffacesinoneofManningsletters.

"Thetitleoftheplay."WritingtoLambonDecember15，1799，Manninghadsaid:"IhadsomeconversationtheotherdaywithSophiaconcerningyourtragedy;andshemadesomeverysensibleobservations（asIthought）withrespecttotheunfitnessofitstitle，TheFolly，whoseconsequenceshumbletheprideandambitionofJohnsheart，doesnotoriginateintheworkingsofthosepassions，butfromanunderpartinhischaracter，andasitwereaccidentally，viz.，fromtheebullitionsofadrunkenmindandfromarashconfidence."

"YouwillunderstandwhatImean，withoutmyexplainingmyselfanyfurther.Godblessyou，andkeepyoufromallevilthings，thatwalkuponthefaceoftheearth—Imeannightmares，hobgoblinsandspectres."

LambrefersinthisletterparticularlytoActIII.ofhisplay."IhavenotseenColeridgesince."Sincewhenisnotclear.PossiblyColeridgehadbeenatCambridgewhenLambwasthere.]

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