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LETTER143

CHARLESLAMBTOWILLIAMHAZLITT

Thursday，15thJan.，1806.

DearHazlitt，—GodwinwenttoJohnsonsyesterdayaboutyourbusiness.Johnsonwouldnotedown，orgiveanyanswer，buthaspromisedtoopenthemanuscript，andtogiveyouananswerinonemonth.Godwinwillpunctuallygoagain（WednesdayisJohnsonsopenday）yesterdayfourweeksnext:i.e.inonelunarmonthfromthistime.TillwhenJohnsonpositivelydeclinesgivinganyanswer.IwishyoujoyonendingyourSearch.Mrs.H.wasnamingsomethingaboutaLifeofFawcett，tobebyyouundertaken:thegreatFawcett，assheexplaindtoManning，whenheaskd，WhatFawcett?HeinnocentlythoughtFawcetttheplayer.ButFawcetttheDivineisknowntomanypeople，albeitunknowntotheChineseEnquirer.Ishouldthink，ifyoulikedit，andJohnsondeclinedit，thatPhillipsistheman.HeisperpetuallybringingoutBiographies，Richardson，Wilkes，Foot，LeeLewis，withoutnumber:littletrimthingsintwoeasyvolumesprice12s.thetwo，madeupofletterstoandfrom，scraps，posthumoustrifles，anecdotes，andaboutfortypagesofhardbiography.YoumightdishupaFawcetiadin3months，andask60or80Poundsforit.IshoulddaresaythatPhillipswouldcatchatit—Iwrotetoyoutheotherdayinagreathurry.Didyougetit?ThisismerelyaLetterofbusinessatGodwinsrequest.

LordNelsonisquietatlast.Hisghostonlykeepsaslightflutteringinodesandelegiesinnewspapers，andimpromptus，whichcouldnotbegotreadybeforethefuneral.

Asfornews—WehaveMissStoddartinourhouse，shehasbeenwithusafortnightandwillstayaweekorsolonger.Sheisoneofthefewpeoplewhoarenotinthewaywhentheyarewithyou.NotidingsofColeridge.FenwickisingtotownonMonday（ifnokindangelintervene）tosurrenderhimselftoprison.HehopestogettheRulesoftheFleet.Onthesame，ornearlythesame，day，Fell，myotherquondamco-friendanddrinker，willgotoNewgate，andhiswifeand4children，Isuppose，totheParish.Plentyofreflectionandmotivesofgratitudetothewisedisposerofallthingsinus，whoseprudentconducthashithertoensuredusawarmfireandsnugroofoverourheads.NullumnumenabestsisitPrudentia.

Alas!Prudentiaisinthelastquarterofhertutelaryshiningoverme.

AlittletimeandI—

ButmaybeImay，atlast，hituponsomemodeofcollectingsomeofthevastsuperfluitiesofthismoney-voidingtown.Muchistobegot，andIdontwantmuch.AllIaskistimeandleisure;andIamcruellyoffforthe

Whenyouhavetheinclination，Ishallbeverygladtohavealetterfromyou.—YourbrotherandMrs.H.，Iamafraid，thinkhardlyofusfornotingoftenertoseethem，butwearedistractedbeyondwhattheycanconceivewithvisitorsandvisitings.Ineverhaveanhourformyheadtoworkquietlyitsownworkings;whichyouknowisasnecessarytothehumansystemassleep.

Sleep，too，Icantgetforthesedamndwindsofanight:andwithoutsleepandrestwhatshouldensue?Lunacy.ButItrustitwont.

Yours，dearH.，madorsober，

C.LAMB.

[HazlittsbusinesswasfindingapublisherforhisabridgmentofSearch（seepage340）.JohnsonwasPriestleyspublisher.AlettertoGodwinfromColeridgeinJune，1803（seeKeganPaulsLifeofGodwin，ii.，96），hadsuggestedsuchanabridgment，Coleridgeaddingthatafriendofhiswouldmakeit，andthathewouldwriteaprefaceandseetheproofsthroughthepress.HenceGodwinsshareinthematter.Coleridgespartofthetransactionwasnotcarriedout.

HazlittsLifeofJosephFawcett（?1758-1804），thepoetanddissentingpreacherofWalthamstowandOldJewry，whomhehadknownintimately，wasnotwritten.TheFawcettofwhomManning，theChineseEnquirer，wasthinkingwasJohnFawcett，famousasDr.PanglossandCaleb"e

"TheFleet"—theprisonfordebtorsinFarringdonStreet.Closedin1844.TheRulesoftheFleetwerethelimitswithinwhichprisonersfordebtwereundercertainconditionspermittedtolive:thenorthsideofLudgateHill，theOldBaileyuptoFleetLane，FleetLanetoFleetMarket，andthenbacktoLudgateHill.TheRulescostmoney:￡10forthefirst￡100ofthedebtandforeveryadditional￡100，￡4.Later，FenwickseemstohavesettledinAmerica.

HereshouldeanundatedlettertoHazlitt，acpaniedbyTingrysPaintersandVarnishersGuide，1804.Hazlitt，whowasthenpainting，seemstohavewantedprintsoftrees，probablyforabackground.LambsaysthathehasbeenhuntinginshopwindowsforhiHeadds:"Tosupplypoetryandwildness，youmayreadtheAmericanFarmeroveragain."Thepostscriptruns，"Johnsonshallnotbeforgotathismonthsend."]

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