Or,
"And gilds to-morrow's hope with heavenly ray.
"I wish you would ask Mr. Gifford which of them is best, or rather not worst. Ever, &c.
"You can send the request contained in this at the same time with the revise, after I have seen the said revise."
TO MR. MURRAY.
"Nov. 13. 1813.
"Certainly. Do you suppose that no one but the Galileans are acquainted with Adam, and Eve, and Cain[109], and Noah?—Surely, I might have had Solomon, and Abraham, and David, and even Moses. When you know that Zuleika is the Persian poetical name for Potiphar's wife, on whom and Joseph there is a long poem, in the Persian, this will not surprise you. If you want authority, look at Jones, D'Herbelot, Vathek, or the notes to the Arabian Nights; and, if you think it necessary, model this into a note.
"Alter, in the inscription, 'the most affectionate respect,' to 'with every sentiment of regard and respect.'"