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Linc. Inn Friday Oct. 16. 1778
My dear Sam
I have just received a letter from thee dated Sunday
Oct. 11th. I suppose it came to London yesterday, but on account of
the Postman's not knowing of my being come to town was deliverd at
Douglas's chambers by which means it did not reach me till now.
Thou has written me a brave parcel of letters since that of the 31 of August it is true. 1. Sept. 9th
2. Sept. 11th. 3. Septr 25th. 4. Oct 2d. 5. Oct-(no day), and now 6. this
last Oct. 11th. This is the way, I suppose, you make out your 6 letters;
though those of Septr 9th & 11th came in one
As for me I have written none that you have not received
except one of Septr 11th: about of which you may enquire of Mr Lloyd. It
looks as if you had not been to call upon him by your not having heard
any thing about it from him. You certainly should, if it were only
in good manners to thank him for the trouble he has had about your
letters and parcels including his correspondence with me. I suppose
you felt yourself a little disinclined on account of your breach with
M' bride. I will tell you in what manner you may mention it to
any one whom you imagine to entertain a favorable opinion of the
Capt: or in short to any one whatever. For your own exculpation it will
be necessary to intimate that he was in an ill humor with every
body else as well as you: but you may impute that ill humor
to his vexation at not meeting with the French. If you are silent,
your silence will condemn you. If you begin abusing him that will
not do with people who are more intimate with him than with
you and disposed to think more favourably of him than of you. But
if you preface what you have to say against him with an apology
of that sort, people even his friends will be more ready to hear any thing you have
to say against him, and at the same time give you credit for your
candour, for [putting] referring his ill behaviour to a cause [upon a footing] that [in another way's] does him honour.
"So Mr B. what brings you here? how came you to quit the
"Bienfaisant"? says Mr any-body— "Why to tell you the truth
(replies S. B.) I found my berth there too hot for me. We were so
mad, some of us, because we could not get the French to fight with, that
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Jeremy Bentham |
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