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Either the following or what here
here stands second was the last
I gave them — Addressing
myself to Madam —
{The first is the object of national spleen
{The second's the Counsellor's sign:
{The third, Ma'am's of your sex the treasure
I ween,
{And too oft the tormentor of mine.

The above and two or three others I had been making the last night
as I lay in bed.

My Father I would have you to know
made one some time ago in Company
which he treasures up with great care.
Being for the entertainment of the Ladies
it was half of it in Latin: and
the subject immensely delicate.
{My first is Happiness.
{My next is three times as
much.
{The third gives Pain.
{There's Metaphysics for you.

Mine, I have a notion, must be wondrous fine; for when I repeated
them to Wilson, he gave an inclination with his head, and said
"just so".

I can tell you nothing more to signify about the Incas. Elmsly
called upon me about it a week ago. He told me if I would
undertake it he would leave the terms entirely to me. He told me
a little of the secrets of the Trade. The highest price commonly
given to Translators he says is 2 guineas a sheet. The only
person in whose favour he ever knew it exceeded was Smollet
and he had 3 Guineas. There is a Mrs Griffiths who writes
plays and novels; some of the latter I believe not bad. They mak
her, poor woman, translate for 25s. Some of the poor creatures
they keep up in Garrets they pay so low as 18s or even 15s.
Elmsly says he has been plagued out of his life by their calling
to know ask him the meaning of words. I don't believe I shall undertake
it; if I do it certainly would not be under Smollet's price. If
I do not it is to go to a Dr Berckenbout, a Physician, who
has written Outlines of Natural History a book in 5 or 6 Vol's
12mo I believe it is, and other works. His price I believe is

Identifier: | JB/538/084/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1777-01-13	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	084	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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