JB/537/281/001

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Dear Sam

So much for the Boat — I have read what you
tell me about the Boat, with as much satisfaction as any
thing upon any subject you could have written upon —
But what's become of the "tres capella" — "Tres Capella"
are three little Goats, but from the occasion on which they
are mentioned in an epigram of Martials, are made to stand
for the subject whatever it was, that one wast last upon.
What we were last upon were the Air-experiments — The
apparatus was to have been proceeded upon forthwith — Specimens
were to have been fitted up, and your most obsequious elder
brother and humble servant to command, was to have been
commanded down by the time all was ready — A letter
after a considerable time has come from your honour, and
in the said letter, concerning the apparatus, your or
said concerning his said proposed to-be-commanded journey
your said humble servant has heard nothing — To confess
the truth, your said humble servant, being now as at
all times a little upon the lazy order, is not sorry for the
pretence. But you, Sir, may it please your proprietorship
where is your consistency, your steadiness, your resolution?
Where are the fruits of your money gold, that you melted into
Glass? is the Glass to be melted into Pitch again to caulk

Identifier: | JB/537/281/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 537.
Date_1	1774-04-05	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings
Folio number	281	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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