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' | <p>My dear Father</p> | ||
<p>As you have resolved not to let me | |||
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have the paper which is the subject of the negotiation | |||
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now on the carpet between us without my putting myself | |||
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to the <sic>expence</sic> of another letter, I accordingly send you | |||
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these presents humbly beseeching you to send it to Lansdowne | |||
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House as soon as you can prevail upon yourself to part | |||
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with it, directed to the Marquis at Bowood, or to me | |||
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at the Marquis's as above, or in short with any other | |||
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variations such as your ingenuity may suggest. If directed | |||
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to me you may put a B at the corner: but whichever | |||
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way you direct it will in short come to the same thing. | |||
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If you could have prevailed upon yourself to have sacrificed | |||
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the "<unclear>marble</unclear>-paper-cover", value the fraction of a farthing, | |||
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the difficulties might have been got over easier and somewhat <add>speedier:</add></p> | |||
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My dear Father
As you have resolved not to let me
have the paper which is the subject of the negotiation
now on the carpet between us without my putting myself
to the expence of another letter, I accordingly send you
these presents humbly beseeching you to send it to Lansdowne
House as soon as you can prevail upon yourself to part
with it, directed to the Marquis at Bowood, or to me
at the Marquis's as above, or in short with any other
variations such as your ingenuity may suggest. If directed
to me you may put a B at the corner: but whichever
way you direct it will in short come to the same thing.
If you could have prevailed upon yourself to have sacrificed
the "marble-paper-cover", value the fraction of a farthing,
the difficulties might have been got over easier and somewhat speedier:
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1781-??-?? |
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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