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Aldgate London 24 Augt 1745
My dearest life!

Cou'd my Thoughts, as easily as they are conceiv'd, be committed
to paper, you my dearest Creature! who have so large a Share of 'em, had need have
no other Employment than reading my Letters for they wod. furnish a Packet every
hour, & you wod daily receive Expresses by the Dozen; such possession have you
taken of my Mind that nothing can find admittance there but what some
way or other relates to your dearself; whether I am riding in my Coach
or walking in my Garden, wherever I am, or whatever I am doing,
I can never forbear thinking how much happier I shod be was I still
blessed with your sweet Company, & how forlorn I am for want of it:
while I was present with you Time bore me on his rapid Wing, so
swiftly did the delightful hours pass on, but no sooner was I gone from
you than that Wing became pinion'd & coud no longer fly, or was
rather chang'd into leaden Feet, so slowly do the Sluggish Minutes
now creep forward — such is the Difference caus'd by mighty Love!
which prompts my eager Breast again to Joyn itself with your's, in
the rapturous Embrace of the most cordial affection - O how hard it
is to part from what One entirely loves! how surpassingly great
must our Enjoyments be, whose last Moments will be ever sweeter &
most perfect Esteem will secure us from our ever knowing Satiety that —
necessarily palls the Happiness of the Animal- unthinking- Part of Mankind

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Date_1	1745-08-24	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings
Folio number	004	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
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Penner	Jeremiah Bentham	Watermarks
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