These two lines are omitted in your letter to the doctor, after--

"All clever men who make their way."

[Footnote 10: A paper in the Edinburgh Magazine, in which it was
suggested that the general conception of Manfred, and much of what is
excellent in the manner of its execution, had been borrowed from "The
Tragical History of Dr. Faustus," of Marlow.]

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LETTER 300. TO MR. MURRAY.

"Venice, October 23. 1817.

"Your two letters are before me, and our bargain is so far
concluded. How sorry I am to hear that Gifford is unwell! Pray tell
me he is better: I hope it is nothing but _cold_. As you say his
illness originates in cold, I trust it will get no further.

"Mr. Whistlecraft has no greater admirer than myself: I have
written a story in 89 stanzas, in imitation of him, called _Beppo_,
(the short name for Giuseppe, that is, the _Joe_ of the Italian
Joseph,) which I shall throw you into the balance of the fourth
Canto, to help you round to your money; but you perhaps had better
publish it anonymously; but this we will see to by and by.

"In the Notes to Canto fourth, Mr. Hobhouse has pointed out
_several errors_ of _Gibbon_. You may depend upon H.'s research and