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<p>"proper and convenient", (though I, without their knowledge,<lb/> | |||
happened to be convinced of the contrary) and<lb/> | |||
which was known to be in readiness to be taken<lb/> | |||
possession of without opposition, would have been<lb/> | |||
proferr'd to me. I was the more strongly impressed<lb/> | |||
with this idea, in as much as I had repeatedly<lb/> | |||
understood from Sir Charles Bunbury that there<lb/> | |||
were two spots, both in Battersea Parish, and<lb/> | |||
both of which he specified, which the gentlemen<lb/> | |||
who refused me the other were (to my great surprise)<lb/> | |||
ready to insure to me. Instead of that,<lb/> | |||
no spot was in readiness, the four countries, or<lb/> | |||
at least the environs of the navigation, actual and<lb/> | |||
possible, were to be searched for some other spot,<lb/> | |||
and my pretensions to the existing spot were to<lb/> | |||
be given up, as a preliminary to the search after<lb/> | |||
the possible one. In stating the matter in these<lb/> | |||
terms, far be at for me to impute, for in my conscience<lb/> | |||
I do not impute; any thing unreasonable<lb/> | |||
to M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long: so far from it, that in his place<lb/> | |||
I don't see what <add>more favourable proposal to me</add> <del><gap/> proposal</del> he could have<lb/> | |||
made. A very obliging one, I am sure, it<lb/> | |||
was on his part: for, in addition to the two Sur<add>veyors</add></p> | |||
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"proper and convenient", (though I, without their knowledge,
happened to be convinced of the contrary) and
which was known to be in readiness to be taken
possession of without opposition, would have been
proferr'd to me. I was the more strongly impressed
with this idea, in as much as I had repeatedly
understood from Sir Charles Bunbury that there
were two spots, both in Battersea Parish, and
both of which he specified, which the gentlemen
who refused me the other were (to my great surprise)
ready to insure to me. Instead of that,
no spot was in readiness, the four countries, or
at least the environs of the navigation, actual and
possible, were to be searched for some other spot,
and my pretensions to the existing spot were to
be given up, as a preliminary to the search after
the possible one. In stating the matter in these
terms, far be at for me to impute, for in my conscience
I do not impute; any thing unreasonable
to Mr Long: so far from it, that in his place
I don't see what more favourable proposal to me proposal he could have
made. A very obliging one, I am sure, it
was on his part: for, in addition to the two Surveyors
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