Christmas Tale

, (and which he never sat down to write, but dictated it while walking up and down the room,) became so immediately popular that 2000 copies were sold in six weeks, while it required two years for the sale of 1000 copies of the

Aids to Reflection

, which cost him much labour, and was the fruit of many years' reflection.

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[Footnote 18:]

i.e. Nether Stowey, at the foot of the Quantock Hills.

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[Footnote 19:]

Thomas Poole, Esq.