Dear Godwin,—The giant’s vomit was perfectly nauseous,
and I am glad you pointed it out. I have removed the objection. To the other
passages I can find no other objection but what you may bring to numberless
passages besides, such as of Scylla
snatching up the six men, etc., that is to say, they are lively images of shocking things. If you want a book, which is not
occasionally to shock, you should not have thought of a
tale which was so full of anthropophagi and wonders. I cannot alter these
things without enervating the Book, and I will not alter them if the penalty
should be that you and all the London booksellers should refuse
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