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<p>-Chancellor that I might speak in the Theatre, but y<hi rend="superscript">t</hi><lb/> | <p>-Chancellor that I might speak in the Theatre, but y<hi rend="superscript">t</hi><lb/> | ||
it depended upon | it depended upon myself, for that I must produce some- <add>-thing</add><lb/> | ||
extraordinary, (that was his expression, <del>other wise</del><add>in which</add> case<lb/> | extraordinary, (that was his expression, <del>other wise</del><add>in which</add> case<lb/> | ||
I might be pretty sure of succeeding, otherwise I could<lb/> | I might be pretty sure of succeeding, otherwise I could<lb/> | ||
not; and that I should not speak of it, 'till it was<lb/> | not; and that I should not speak of it, 'till it was<lb/> | ||
<sic>determin'd, for fear I should miscarry; in which case<lb/> | <sic>determin'd</sic>, for fear I should miscarry; in which case<lb/> | ||
it would be better to have nothing said about it; so I<lb/> | it would be better to have nothing said about it; so I<lb/> | ||
beg you would not mention<del>'d</del> it. I think of taking for<lb/> | beg you would not mention<del>'d</del> it. I think of taking for<lb/> | ||
my subject, <foreign>Dunkerca deleta</foreign>, now there is a Poem<lb/> | my subject, <foreign>Dunkerca deleta</foreign>, now there is a Poem<lb/> | ||
<gap/><add>in</add> the <foreign>Musae Anglicanae</foreign> entitled, <foreign>Dunkerca delenda</foreign>,<lb/> | <gap/><add>in</add> the <foreign>Musae Anglicanae</foreign> entitled, <foreign>Dunkerca delenda</foreign>,<lb/> | ||
whence I may mention <add>a Comparison between</add> the then ineffectual, and the | whence I may mention <add>a Comparison between</add> the then ineffectual, and the effectual<lb/> | ||
demolition of it, which will be <sic>Compleated</sic> no doubt<lb/> | |||
before the <foreign>Encaenia</foreign>. I am at liberty to <del>want it</del><add>make upon</add> any <sic> | before the <foreign>Encaenia</foreign>. I am at liberty to <del>want it</del> <add>make upon</add> any <sic>publick<lb/> | ||
</sic> occurrence that has happened since the beginning<lb/> | |||
of the late war. but <del>this</del> more of this another time. I<lb/> | of the late war. but <del>this</del> more of this another time. I<lb/> | ||
begun on the Harpsichord last | begun on the Harpsichord last Tuesday, since which</p> | ||
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-Chancellor that I might speak in the Theatre, but yt
it depended upon myself, for that I must produce some- -thing
extraordinary, (that was his expression, other wisein which case
I might be pretty sure of succeeding, otherwise I could
not; and that I should not speak of it, 'till it was
determin'd, for fear I should miscarry; in which case
it would be better to have nothing said about it; so I
beg you would not mention'd it. I think of taking for
my subject, Dunkerca deleta, now there is a Poem
in the Musae Anglicanae entitled, Dunkerca delenda,
whence I may mention a Comparison between the then ineffectual, and the effectual
demolition of it, which will be Compleated no doubt
before the Encaenia. I am at liberty to want it make upon any publick
occurrence that has happened since the beginning
of the late war. but this more of this another time. I
begun on the Harpsichord last Tuesday, since which
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Jeremy Bentham |
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