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Dear Papa Sunday Novr 24 1761.
I need not tell you what a Comfort your kind Letter
was to me; you may easily imagine it revived my Spirits not a
little, as it gave me such a convincing proof of your kindness, which I can
never sufficiently requite. the best Testimony I can give you of my gratitude
I have given by accompanying this with 20 pages of Tully, to
whom I am now perfectly reconcidled having got over the book that
was most difficult of all. —& My fellow — Traveller and I were
a good deal crouded in the Machine, there being 4 in the it beside
ourselves, 2 of whom had placed themselves in the inside tho' they
had taken places on the out Side, but as it rained very hard when
we set off, they prevailed upon the other passenger to let them
stay in. there was a brother Queen's Man in the Coach, who being
remarkably fat and balky crouded the side ... where he sat very
much. I went to see Wheatly the next day after I got to Oxford,
and found he had goin that little time made Severall Acquaintance,
witho whom he seem'd to be free: I press'd him to
come and see me, but he has not been anear me yet. — by
your saying that Martha brought you my letter from Barking,
I find either that my Grand mama did not receive my
letter 'till Tuesday, or that you were not at Barking on Monday,
as you were to have been with your Club. now I talk of
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Jeremy Bentham |
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