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Opium and Hallucination at Keswick--Migration to Ireland-- Shelley’s Letters to Miss Hitchener--Curran’s Coldness to the Adventurer--Publication of the _Address to the Irish People_-- Measures for putting the Pamphlet in Circulation--Harriett’s Amusement--Shelley’s Seriousness--Shelley’s other Irish Tract--Public Meeting in the Fishamble Street Theatre-- Shelley’s Speech to the Sixth Resolution--Various Accounts of the Speech--Mr. MacCarthy’s bad Manners--Honest Jack Lawless--His Project for a History of Ireland--His Way of handling Shelley--William Godwin’s Alarm--Shelley’s Submission--His Intercourse with Curran--His Withdrawal from Ireland--Seizure of his Papers at the Holyhead Custom-House--Harriett’s Letter to Portia--The Shelleys in Wales--Miss Hitchener’s ‘Divine Suggestion’--Harriett and Eliza don’t think it ‘Divine’--Shelley at Nantgwillt--His Scheme for turning Farmer--His comprehensive Invitation to the Godwins--His sudden Departure from Nantgwillt--Cause of the Departure--Mr. MacCarthy again at Fault.