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J.B. for Henderson to Gullet
against the ballance, if any, of the cost above the
profits: and it such is the recompense and the
whole recompense which you expressly "offer" him
in the character of a compleat "return" for" h the
whole body of "his past re services and good endeavours
and wishes to serve you. How the, after
a twelvemonth has elapsed, now for the first time
you come to the point speak out: and thus it is
you fulfill the prophecy made the 5th of Feb:y in an unguarded
moment, underin an Eolian delirium when Eolus had
expanded your heart and Henderson was more than
ever necessary, viz.to wit that "his service would not be forgot
"nor pass unheeded by his sincere humble servant"-
Let us weigh if possible, the value of this last
vast present, for more than a twelvemonth's service
four thousand guineas procured from a desperate
source, and for more than a twelvemonth's service
While your expectations fromof the mine a sanguine,
and the exertions proportionable, the costof his share amounts
to £5 odd in the year. It has now been abandoned
for a length of time and not and the prosecution of it given up:: so you yourself confess:
nor have you ventured to declare that you
have resumed it, or as so much as formed aany determination
to resume it. An indemnity from a
cost of £5 odd at the outside, which it lies
altogether in your breast to bring onincurr or not to incurr bring
on,
Identifier: | JB/169/135/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 169.
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jeremy bentham |
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