some to pay."
DON JUAN, Canto II
]

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At the beginning of this year, Mr. Murray having it in contemplation to
publish an edition of the two Cantos of Childe Harold with engravings,
the noble author entered with much zeal into his plan; and, in a note on
the subject to Mr. Murray, says,--"Westall has, I believe, agreed to
illustrate your book, and I fancy one of the engravings will be from the
pretty little girl you saw the other day[62], though without her name,
and merely as a model for some sketch connected with the subject. I
would also have the portrait (which you saw to-day) of the friend who is
mentioned in the text at the close of Canto 1st, and in the
notes,--which are subjects sufficient to authorise that addition."

Early in the spring he brought out, anonymously, his poem on Waltzing,
which, though full of very lively satire, fell so far short of what was
now expected from him by the public, that the disavowal of it, which, as
we see by the following letter, he thought right to put forth, found
ready credence:--

LETTER 120. TO MR. MURRAY.

"April 21. 1813.

"I shall be in town by Sunday next, and will call and have some
conversation on the subject of Westall's designs. I am to sit to
him for a picture at the request of a friend of mine, and as
Sanders's is not a good one, you will probably prefer the other. I
wish you to have Sanders's taken down and sent to my lodgings
immediately--before my arrival. I hear that a certain malicious
publication on Waltzing is attributed to me. This report, I
suppose, you will take care to contradict, as the author, I am
sure, will not like that I should wear his cap and bells. Mr.
Hobhouse's quarto will be out immediately; pray send to the author
for an early copy, which I wish to take abroad with me.

"P.S.--I see the Examiner threatens some observations upon you next
week. What can you have done to share the wrath which has
heretofore been principally expended upon the Prince? I presume all
your Scribleri will be drawn up in battle array in defence of the
modern Tonson--Mr. Bucke, for instance.

"Send in my account to Bennet Street, as I wish to settle it before
sailing."

[Footnote 62: Lady Charlotte Harley, to whom, under the name of Ianthe,
the introductory lines to Childe Harold were afterwards addressed.]

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