I have subjoined some savage lines on Methodism
, and ferocious notes on the vanity of the triple Editory of the
Edin. Annual Register
), my
Hints
, I say, stand still, and why?—I have not a friend in the world (but you and Drury) who can construe Horace's Latin or my English well enough to adjust them for the press, or to correct the proofs in a grammatical way. So that, unless you have bowels when you return to town (I am too far off to do it for myself), this ineffable work will be lost to the world for—I don't know how many
weeks