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<p><!-- pencil --><head>&sect;.1  Purchase of L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Salisbury's on the proposal of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long</head></p>
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<p>comparison of the natural <del>that had him <add><gap/></add> <gap/><lb/>
 
for for between four and five or I may say six</del> <add>I had from enduring for <del>a time which was then</del></add><lb/>
 
near five years and a half without reckoning the years<lb/>
 
spent in sollicitation without notice.<lb/>
<del>years.</del>  Whatever choice gentlemen <del>in their compassion <add>of their grace</add></del><lb/>
might <add>thus</add> be pleased to indulge me <del>in</del> <add>with,</add> was<lb/>
<add><del>a <gap/></del> precisely a</add> Hopsons choice.  What the subjects of the Empire<lb/>
of Morocco were to <unclear>Moulay</unclear> Ishmail, I was to<lb/>
M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long:  with this difference <add>at each <unclear>moment</unclear></add>, that the <add>will and</add> pleasure<lb/>
of the African Emperor, whatever it might
be, was communicated to the <del><gap/></del> <add><del><gap/></del> prostrate</add> <gap/><lb/>
commonly with facility enough, whereas, in my<lb/>
unhappy case, to learn the will and pleasure<lb/>
of <del>my</del> <add>the</add> invisible and inaccessible <del>member</del> <add>arbiter of my fate</add> – there<lb/>
was the great, and continually recurring, difficulty.</p>
<p><del>For the sake of accuracy</del> <add>To prevent disputes</add><hi rend="superscript">⊞</hi> <note><hi rend="superscript">⊞</hi> (or rather to save myself from the possible imputation of error, in a case where if a little were misstated, that little would <del>be</del> <add>as usual, be</add> the only thing noticed on the other side) to guard myself I say against this danger</note> it may be as well here<lb/>
to mention – <del>though I see not <add>for my own part</add> any material result</del><lb/>
not that I see any difference that can result from it –<lb/>
that I am not altogether clear whether the date above<lb/>
mentioned, and which is <del><gap/></del> <add>fixed</add> within a day<lb/>
or two by a letter of mine to M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long which will<lb/>
follow <del><gap/></del> <add>a little further on –</add> was the date of my admittance into<lb/>
his presence – chamber, <del>one of the</del> <add>as above (though it be one of the very</add> few days, that ought<lb/>
in gratitude to have been marked <del>with</del> <add>as</add> red letter <add>days</add><lb/>
in my almanack) or the date of an immediate<lb/>
<unclear>veneration</unclear>, in the Park, in the course of which<lb/>
viz in the course of <del>about 120 minutes</del> <add>somewhat less than three minutes</add> a glympse<lb/>
of this halcyon prospect was first played before my<lb/>
eyes.  <del>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long,</del> The Honourable Secretary <del>in <add>the pomp</add>
<gap/>pomp <add>privileged <gap/></add></del> in the pomp of privilege,<lb/>
the fruit of royal favour, <unclear>enseated</unclear> on his prancer,<lb/>
overtook my <del>disconsolate</del> <add>solitary</add> and <add><del>solitary</del></add> feeble steps:–  I, as<lb/>
your Lordship understands already, without staying<lb/>
to be told, <del><gap/> in <gap/> <gap/></del> <add>pursuing my melancholy <del>touch</del> way</add> by <unclear>this</unclear> only<lb/>
mode</p>
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§.1 Purchase of Ld Salisbury's on the proposal of Mr Long

comparison of the natural that had him
for for between four and five or I may say six
I had from enduring for a time which was then
near five years and a half without reckoning the years
spent in sollicitation without notice.
years. Whatever choice gentlemen in their compassion of their grace
might thus be pleased to indulge me in with, was
a precisely a Hopsons choice. What the subjects of the Empire
of Morocco were to Moulay Ishmail, I was to
Mr Long: with this difference at each moment, that the will and pleasure
of the African Emperor, whatever it might be, was communicated to the prostrate
commonly with facility enough, whereas, in my
unhappy case, to learn the will and pleasure
of my the invisible and inaccessible member arbiter of my fate – there
was the great, and continually recurring, difficulty.

For the sake of accuracy To prevent disputes (or rather to save myself from the possible imputation of error, in a case where if a little were misstated, that little would be as usual, be the only thing noticed on the other side) to guard myself I say against this danger it may be as well here
to mention – though I see not for my own part any material result
not that I see any difference that can result from it –
that I am not altogether clear whether the date above
mentioned, and which is fixed within a day
or two by a letter of mine to Mr Long which will
follow a little further on – was the date of my admittance into
his presence – chamber, one of the as above (though it be one of the very few days, that ought
in gratitude to have been marked with as red letter days
in my almanack) or the date of an immediate
veneration, in the Park, in the course of which
viz in the course of about 120 minutes somewhat less than three minutes a glympse
of this halcyon prospect was first played before my
eyes. Mr Long, The Honourable Secretary in the pomp pomp privileged in the pomp of privilege,
the fruit of royal favour, enseated on his prancer,
overtook my disconsolate solitary and solitary feeble steps:– I, as
your Lordship understands already, without staying
to be told, in pursuing my melancholy touch way by this only
mode


Identifier: | JB/117/239/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

117

Main Headings

panopticon

Folio number

239

Info in main headings field

purchase of ld salisbury's on the proposal of mr long

Image

001

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f11

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

1800

Marginals

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1800

Notes public

ID Number

38856

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