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can hardly be formed without enquiries upon
the spot, I have no great notion of its being thought
eligible to treat with persons at any considerable
distance from London, unless where any particular
facility of making the requisite enquiries
may present itself.
As we shall th
3[Expence of correspondence.] As we shall thus
be giving trouble to a multitude of people, of
whom no more than one can be paid for it,
it seems to me that at any rate we ought to save
them from as much as may be from anxiety
and expence. That therefore two letters at least
should be written to each: one to inform him
of the receipt of his proposals: the other to put
an end to his expectations as soon as it is determined
not to treat with him: and that we
should pay the postage out as well as in.
What will this amount to? - There is no saying
There may be not twenty candidates - there
may be hundreds.
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