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carallon and execration, bribery to the Waywode, miningan<l countermining, they have done nothing at all. We hadsuch inkshed, and -wine-shed, which almost ended in blood-shed! Lord E’s “prig,”--- see Jonathan Wylde for the de-finition of “priggism,” — quarrelled with another, Gropius*by name (a very good name too for his business) aud mut-tered something about satisfaction, in a verbal answer to anote of the poor Prussian: this was stated at table to Gro-pius, who laughed, but could eat no dinner afterwards. Therivals were not reconciled when I left Greece . I have lea-son to remember their squabble, for they "wanted to makeme their arbitrator.

Her sons too weak the sacred shrine to guard,

Yet felt some portion of their mother’s pains.

Stanza xii. lines 7 2nd g,

I cannot resist availing myself of the permission of my

* This Sr. Gropius was employed by a noble Lord forthe sole purpose of sketching, in which he excels; but Iam sorry to say, that lie has, through the abused sanc-tion of that most respectable name, been treading at hum-ble distance in the steps of >Sr. Lusieri . A shfpful of histrophies was detained , and I believe confiscated at Con­ stantinople in 1810. I am most happy to be now enabledto state, that “this was not in his bond;” that he wasemployed solely as a painter, and that his noble patrondisavows all connexion with him, except as an artist, ifthe error in the first and second edition of this Poem hasgiven the noble Lord a moment’s pain, I am very sorryfor it; Sr. Gropius has assumed for years the name of hisagent; and though I cannot much condemn myself forsharing in the mistake of so many, I am happy in beingone of the first to he undeceived. Indeed, I have as muchpleasure in contradicting this as I felt regret in stating it.