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' | <p>suit you, they might be got when you come to town on Saturday; and Sam | ||
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might be despatched express <del><gap/></del> with them on Sunday: or <add>so</add> soon after as is | |||
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convenient. <del>They</del> Whenever I present them, M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> B. need not know but what | |||
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I may have been myself in town and taken that opportunity of getting | |||
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them. — I think to go again tomorrow if the weather should suit: & | |||
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if not tomorrow, on Saturday. If it should suit and you think it not improper, | |||
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I should be glad I think that you and my Mother would pay | |||
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a visit there on Monday: you two only, without either of my <sic>Brother's</sic>. | |||
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If not Monday, Tuesday perhaps might do. Wednesday for a <hi rend="underline"><foreign>pis-aller</foreign></hi>: | |||
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But the sooner the better, that you might be there before the visitor comes. | |||
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I am in hopes you see, by that time that I may have had a <foreign>tête-à-tête</foreign> | |||
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with Miss. At any rate such a visit may be of use in <sic>strengthning</sic> | |||
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the intimacy; and possibly some little incident may occur, or some | |||
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little hint drop in conversation, to assist us in forming our conjectures | |||
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of their dispositions. Returning yesterday from Ripley I met M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Rose: | |||
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he had before promised to <del><gap/></del> come and see us: and <del><gap/></del> I took that opportu<gap/> <!-- opportunity --> | |||
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to fix the time. He and M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Forbes are to dine with us on Tues<gap/> <!-- Tuesday --> | |||
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I thought the acquaintance of a person who is upon <del>so good</del> <add>such</add> a footing with | |||
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the Ladies, and who lives so near them, <del>there</del> might for a variety of purposes, | |||
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be of use. I long much to hold a council with my Mother | |||
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and you: but I think it will be a great assistance to your deliberations | |||
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your having paid your visit.</p> | |||
<p>I have just now received a letter from my Uncle wherein he tells me | |||
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that he sent a haunch over to Winchester on Tuesday. It <add>either</add> reached Ripley then | |||
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I suppose <del>eith</del> yesterday, or will reach it to day; according as the Carriages go. | |||
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My Uncle says he would have sent you a side; but as he apprehends you | |||
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make frequent excursions round the country was fearful it might not reach | |||
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you while it was sweet.</p> | |||
<p>I had like to have forgot thanking you for your letter: it came safe to me on Sunday | |||
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morning.</p> | |||
<p>My Mare eats better than she did: but is grown amazingly thin with her late | |||
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abstinence. It is impossible for me <add>at present</add> to get with her as far as Richm.<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Park. I nurse | |||
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her as much as possible to make her serve for carrying me to Shipley. The road thither | |||
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across the Common is now intolerably bad. I am, Dear Sir, Yours most dutifully | |||
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and affectionately | |||
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Jere:<hi rend="superscript">y</hi> Bentham</p> | |||
<p>P.S. In my long letter to Miss, <sic>somthing</sic> was said that was intended to | |||
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have the effect you hint at. If she believes a bit the more about the matter | |||
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<add>surely</add> from being told as much in plain terms, she has more faith in professions than | |||
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I can bring myself to suppose a person of ordinary discernment to possess. If the whole | |||
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success of the affair depended upon it <sic>.</sic> I could not bring myself to tell her that concerning my <del>self</del> <add>own dispositions</add>, which I | |||
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did not feel was true. This I feel to be true, that I prefer her at this moment to any woman that I know: | |||
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and that could I gain <hi rend="underline">her</hi> consent upon the terms of leaving every thing that is hers together with what by | |||
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your bounty may be mine to her absolute disposal, I should think myself the happiest of mankind. | |||
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If this will warrant me in <del><gap/></del> <add>"assuring her</add> that fortune is not the object", I can most truly say it: but I can | |||
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go no further.</p> | |||
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suit you, they might be got when you come to town on Saturday; and Sam
might be despatched express with them on Sunday: or so soon after as is
convenient. They Whenever I present them, Mrs B. need not know but what
I may have been myself in town and taken that opportunity of getting
them. — I think to go again tomorrow if the weather should suit: &
if not tomorrow, on Saturday. If it should suit and you think it not improper,
I should be glad I think that you and my Mother would pay
a visit there on Monday: you two only, without either of my Brother's.
If not Monday, Tuesday perhaps might do. Wednesday for a pis-aller:
But the sooner the better, that you might be there before the visitor comes.
I am in hopes you see, by that time that I may have had a tête-à-tête
with Miss. At any rate such a visit may be of use in strengthning
the intimacy; and possibly some little incident may occur, or some
little hint drop in conversation, to assist us in forming our conjectures
of their dispositions. Returning yesterday from Ripley I met Mr Rose:
he had before promised to come and see us: and I took that opportu
to fix the time. He and Mr Forbes are to dine with us on Tues
I thought the acquaintance of a person who is upon so good such a footing with
the Ladies, and who lives so near them, there might for a variety of purposes,
be of use. I long much to hold a council with my Mother
and you: but I think it will be a great assistance to your deliberations
your having paid your visit.
I have just now received a letter from my Uncle wherein he tells me
that he sent a haunch over to Winchester on Tuesday. It either reached Ripley then
I suppose eith yesterday, or will reach it to day; according as the Carriages go.
My Uncle says he would have sent you a side; but as he apprehends you
make frequent excursions round the country was fearful it might not reach
you while it was sweet.
I had like to have forgot thanking you for your letter: it came safe to me on Sunday
morning.
My Mare eats better than she did: but is grown amazingly thin with her late
abstinence. It is impossible for me at present to get with her as far as Richm.d Park. I nurse
her as much as possible to make her serve for carrying me to Shipley. The road thither
across the Common is now intolerably bad. I am, Dear Sir, Yours most dutifully
and affectionately
Jere:y Bentham
P.S. In my long letter to Miss, somthing was said that was intended to
have the effect you hint at. If she believes a bit the more about the matter
surely from being told as much in plain terms, she has more faith in professions than
I can bring myself to suppose a person of ordinary discernment to possess. If the whole
success of the affair depended upon it . I could not bring myself to tell her that concerning my self own dispositions, which I
did not feel was true. This I feel to be true, that I prefer her at this moment to any woman that I know:
and that could I gain her consent upon the terms of leaving every thing that is hers together with what by
your bounty may be mine to her absolute disposal, I should think myself the happiest of mankind.
If this will warrant me in "assuring her that fortune is not the object", I can most truly say it: but I can
go no further.
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Jeremy Bentham |
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