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  <dc:title>Robert Arbuthnot to James Beattie from Edinburgh</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Much to blame for not sending Minstrel to Beattie. Only received two or three weeks ago from Gregory because Monboddo had delayed its return. He has made burgain with Gordon the bookseller, but friends think it should not be published until its complete. He wants Beattie to write an ode to Douglas [The Douglas inheritance case had recently been decided in Archibald Douglas' favour]. He wants Beattie's version of Metastasio's 'Water parted from the sea'. Arbuthnot claims he always reply soon </dc:description>
  <dc:date>11 March 1769</dc:date>
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