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<p>1</p> | |||
<p><head>Dedic</head></p> | |||
<p>I take without your leave or even knowledge<lb/> | |||
the liberty of prefixing your <del>proforma</del> name to this performance. <add>gracing this performance with your name.</add><lb/> | |||
When I begun putting together these sheets<lb/> | |||
I little thought <del>then</del> to see <del>them prepared with</del> a dedication<lb/> | |||
at the head of them; <add>not</add> knowing any <del><gap/></del> <add>Great</add> man whose<lb/> | |||
<del>liberty</del> livery I could wish to swear. <add>On</add> This address<lb/> | |||
<del>however if there be any flattery it certainly does</del> <add>at least it will not be easy to fix a charge of flattery:</add><lb/> | |||
<del>not come <add>arise</add> from the usual source;</del> for, your esteem excepted,<lb/> | |||
I am not in want of any thing which as<lb/> | |||
far as I can learn it is in your power to give<lb/> | |||
me. <add>As little</add> It does not flow from partial friendship: for I <add>[till &c]</add><lb/> | |||
never saw you [in my life.] As little does it from<lb/> | |||
party: for I never heard that you were of any; and<lb/> | |||
I am sure that I am not.</p | |||
<p>Not that it is altogether unconnected with the usual<lb/> | |||
motives to address of this nature; obligations either expected<lb/> | |||
or received. The <add>Those</add> obligations I owe you are great<lb/> | |||
and many: some as a member of the community <add>in common with the whole nation</add>:<lb/> | |||
others in which <add>are almost <unclear>purchase</unclear> to myself</add> I have not <add>quite for them you have had your reward</add> so many <add>as I would</add> to share with<lb/> | |||
me. Of the first I shall <add>need</add> say little, the whole<lb/> | |||
nation by the mouth of it's Representatives has acknowledged<lb/> | |||
them. Nor are they <add>you</add>ill repaid: [since] the<lb/> | |||
illustrious name of Howard [is render'd] more truly honourable<lb/> | |||
<add>respectable</add> by personal merit than even that name can<lb/> | |||
be by hereditary dignity. Your honour has a <add>still</add> surer<lb/> | |||
basis than even the popularity of those who conferred <add>voted</add> it. <del>Those</del><lb/> | |||
<add><note>To p.2</note></add></p> | |||
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Dedic
I take without your leave or even knowledge
the liberty of prefixing your proforma name to this performance. gracing this performance with your name.
When I begun putting together these sheets
I little thought then to see them prepared with a dedication
at the head of them; not knowing any Great man whose
liberty livery I could wish to swear. On This address
however if there be any flattery it certainly does at least it will not be easy to fix a charge of flattery:
not come arise from the usual source; for, your esteem excepted,
I am not in want of any thing which as
far as I can learn it is in your power to give
me. As little It does not flow from partial friendship: for I [till &c]
never saw you [in my life.] As little does it from
party: for I never heard that you were of any; and
I am sure that I am not.</p
Not that it is altogether unconnected with the usual
motives to address of this nature; obligations either expected
or received. The Those obligations I owe you are great
and many: some as a member of the community in common with the whole nation:
others in which are almost purchase to myself I have not quite for them you have had your reward so many as I would to share with
me. Of the first I shall need say little, the whole
nation by the mouth of it's Representatives has acknowledged
them. Nor are they youill repaid: [since] the
illustrious name of Howard [is render'd] more truly honourable
respectable by personal merit than even that name can
be by hereditary dignity. Your honour has a still surer
basis than even the popularity of those who conferred voted it. Those
To p.2
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jeremy bentham |
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caroline vernon |
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