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< | <p><hi rend="superscript">2)</hi> To Volt.</p> | ||
<p><hi rend="underline">octoginta duo mabis, veniam peto si | <p><hi rend="underline">octoginta duo mabis, veniam peto si non <add>sum</add> viscendus</hi><lb/> | ||
<hi rend="underline"> | <hi rend="underline">ad obliviscendies</hi>. Thy labours <del>I fear</del> have been<lb/> | ||
so tedious that before they are come to an end<lb/> | so tedious that before they are come to an end<lb/> | ||
my best rewards may I fear be <del>gone</del><add>lost</add>. Helvetius<lb/> | my best rewards may I fear be <del>gone</del><add>lost</add>. Helvetius<lb/> | ||
is gone — years ago my eyes paid a<lb/> | is gone—years ago my eyes paid a<lb/> | ||
Tribute to his memory: and you and D | Tribute to his memory: and you and D'Alembert<lb/> | ||
are leaving us.</p> | are leaving us.</p> | ||
<p>If you should ever find any thing to say to me<lb/> | <p>If you should ever find any thing to say to me<lb/> | ||
I need scarce tell you that it will be acceptable.<lb/> | I need scarce tell you that it will be acceptable.<lb/> | ||
<del><gap/></del> Any thing directed to Elmsly | <del><gap/></del> Any thing directed to Elmsly's Booksellers<lb/> | ||
(successor to <unclear>Vaillant</unclear>) will reach me. | (successor to <unclear>Vaillant</unclear>) will reach me. <note><add>[+]</add> I am a lawyer by<lb/> | ||
profession; and might<lb/> | profession; and might<lb/> | ||
have been so by practice.</note><lb/> | have been so by practice.</note> My name <lb/> | ||
is precisely as well-known to you as that of<lb/> | is precisely as well-known to you as that of<lb/> | ||
the meanest inhabitant of <del> | the meanest inhabitant of <del><unclear>Olabere</unclear></del> <add>Siberia</add>. It is</p> | ||
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2) To Volt.
octoginta duo mabis, veniam peto si non sum viscendus
ad obliviscendies. Thy labours I fear have been
so tedious that before they are come to an end
my best rewards may I fear be gonelost. Helvetius
is gone—years ago my eyes paid a
Tribute to his memory: and you and D'Alembert
are leaving us.
If you should ever find any thing to say to me
I need scarce tell you that it will be acceptable.
Any thing directed to Elmsly's Booksellers
(successor to Vaillant) will reach me. [+] I am a lawyer by
profession; and might
have been so by practice. My name
is precisely as well-known to you as that of
the meanest inhabitant of Olabere Siberia. It is
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