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anxiety was <del>to have staid <gap/> yesterday, but</del> to have <del>returned</del><add>gone to school you </add><lb/> | <p>anxiety was <del>to have staid <gap/> yesterday, but</del> to have <del>returned</del><add>gone to school you </add><lb/> | ||
this morning early. Coming down <add>stairs</add> at 9 o'clock I was surprised<lb/> | this morning early. Coming down <add>stairs</add> at 9 o'clock I was surprised<lb/> | ||
to suit him <del>on the staircase</del>: his <del>departure</del><add>return, | to suit him <del>on the staircase</del>: his <del>departure</del><add>return, | ||
I found, had been</add> was put off<lb/> | |||
till Wednesday. This relaxation of description betokens weakness<lb/> | till Wednesday. This relaxation of description betokens weakness<lb/> | ||
in the Ministry: <add>it would hardly have taken</add> had the Sovereign been present I question<lb/> | |||
whether it would have taken place: L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Henry's <del>attendance</del> <lb/> | |||
<del>it home</del> would have been less wanted, and his absence from<lb/> | |||
duty less <del>liable</del> likely to be <del>suffered</del><add>allow'd of</add>. The cough I suppose<lb/> | |||
serves as a pretence.</p> | |||
<p>Anxious to obey the spirit as well as letter of my<lb/> | |||
orders I would have <del>dined at L.</del> continued in quarters<lb/> | |||
<del>all day</del><add>yesterday</add> during dinner time: but finding <del>there</del> <add>relief approaching</add> somebody<lb/> | |||
was to be ther, <add>I declined it</add> diramped. It is a melancholy thing<lb/> | |||
to him alone: but his arrival being now known, people<lb/> | |||
are <add>of course</add> flocking in, and he need never be <add> in that predicament</add> <del><del>of alone</del></del>unless he<lb/> | |||
chooses it. To day however I dine there. Before I was risen</p> | |||
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anxiety was to have staid yesterday, but to have returnedgone to school you
this morning early. Coming down stairs at 9 o'clock I was surprised
to suit him on the staircase: his departurereturn,
I found, had been was put off
till Wednesday. This relaxation of description betokens weakness
in the Ministry: it would hardly have taken had the Sovereign been present I question
whether it would have taken place: Ld Henry's attendance
it home would have been less wanted, and his absence from
duty less liable likely to be sufferedallow'd of. The cough I suppose
serves as a pretence.
Anxious to obey the spirit as well as letter of my
orders I would have dined at L. continued in quarters
all dayyesterday during dinner time: but finding there relief approaching somebody
was to be ther, I declined it diramped. It is a melancholy thing
to him alone: but his arrival being now known, people
are of course flocking in, and he need never be in that predicament of aloneunless he
chooses it. To day however I dine there. Before I was risen
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jeremy bentham |
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letter 682, vol. 4 |
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