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<p><head>Asand</head></p> | |||
'' | <p>If the information I have received<lb/> | ||
is true, there exists at present close to the <add>under<lb/> | |||
your Lordships eye</add> Admiralty a nest of <del><gap/></del> <add>Sharpers from</add> whose practises<lb/> | |||
if not put a stop to, <add>the reputation of</add> that branch<lb/> | |||
of his Majesty's service which is in <add>within</add> your<lb/> | |||
Lordships department may receive a very<lb/> | |||
essential prejudice. The principals are<lb/> | |||
two women of the names of Townson and<lb/> | |||
Steele, who keep a <add>grocer's</add> shop directly opposite<lb/> | |||
the Admiralty. <del>where originally essence<lb/> | |||
of <gap/> <gap/></del> These people pretend to sell<lb/> | |||
places in your Lordship's gift, and in order<lb/> | |||
to give colour to their pretences, they<lb/> | |||
point out a girl the daughter of one of them<lb/> | |||
who, they have the impudence to insinuate,<lb/> | |||
is <del>about to</del> <add>on the point of</add> occupying such a station about<lb/> | |||
your Lordship's person, as according<lb/> | |||
to the notions commonly entertained of female<lb/> | |||
influence might naturally enough be expected<lb/> | |||
to give more than a due weight to any applications<lb/> | |||
she might choose to make. I have<lb/> | |||
<add>heard</add></p> | |||
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Asand
If the information I have received
is true, there exists at present close to the under
your Lordships eye Admiralty a nest of Sharpers from whose practises
if not put a stop to, the reputation of that branch
of his Majesty's service which is in within your
Lordships department may receive a very
essential prejudice. The principals are
two women of the names of Townson and
Steele, who keep a grocer's shop directly opposite
the Admiralty. where originally essence
of These people pretend to sell
places in your Lordship's gift, and in order
to give colour to their pretences, they
point out a girl the daughter of one of them
who, they have the impudence to insinuate,
is about to on the point of occupying such a station about
your Lordship's person, as according
to the notions commonly entertained of female
influence might naturally enough be expected
to give more than a due weight to any applications
she might choose to make. I have
heard
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jeremy bentham |
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alexander mavrokordatos |
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letter 386, vol. 3; draft |
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