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To whose form am I indebted this second
time? Not to Miss Vernon's: the writing hand though
not dissimilar is not exactly precisely the same — not
Miss Fox's: it does not exactly altogether resemble agree with
what the signature songs I have seen in hersome of her
Music books, the only production of her
which my timid inquisiteiveness <add>stand accused of</add> has been able I have yet had opportunity to admire
to discover — Condescension begets presumption —
A third time let me hope the youngest of the Grans
will join her handher hand. A with the rest and
compleat the arch.

Here let me takeHugh be: It is time I should take breath and compose
myself — I am getting running unawares<add>made continually</add> into prose bewitched
the second approach I ever should<add>can</add> make to my sluggish form
verse. No other inferior attraction wouldcould have
drawn me thus for within the verge of
ridicule.

One thing still alarms me — At the
datewriting of this second letter favour the last and
most indiscreet of my indiscretions could
scarcely I think have arrived. It was put
into the post in Thursday (5th) and Miss Elizabeth's
favour letterfor such I will venture to call it being dated
6th must I think according to the course of the post at

Identifier: | JB/169/158/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 169.
Date_1	1789-11-10	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	169	Main Headings
Folio number	158	Info in main headings field	no 5
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / / / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter 687, vol. 4	ID Number	56978
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