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< | <p>Queen's Wednesday 21<hi rend="superscript">st</hi> April 1762.</p> | ||
<p>Dear Papa</p> | |||
<p>I am glad to find you have fixed upon a<lb/> | <p>I am glad to find you have fixed upon a<lb/> | ||
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I am pleased to find my Verses are acceptable; which indeed<lb/> | I am pleased to find my Verses are acceptable; which indeed<lb/> | ||
I was not without hopes of, from the kind partiality<lb/> | I was not without hopes of, from the kind partiality<lb/> | ||
with which you are want to judge of my little | with which you are want to judge of my little performances.<lb/> | ||
I can also acquaint you <add>now</add> with a great event in<lb/> | |||
my turn; I have changed my rooms for some time; and should<lb/> | my turn; I have changed my rooms for some time; and should<lb/> | ||
have acquainted you with it before, but M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Jefferson<lb/> | have acquainted you with it before, but M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Jefferson<lb/> | ||
told me I had better stay and see how liked the rooms<lb/> | told me I had better stay and see how liked the rooms<lb/> | ||
I am now in; which accordingly I have done, and being | I am now in; which accordingly I have done, and being perfectly<lb/> | ||
satisfied with them, which by the by I was not w<hi rend="superscript">th</hi><lb/> | |||
the others, I now apply to you for your consent; which I<lb/> | the others, I now apply to you for your consent; which I<lb/> | ||
have not much doubt of, as I like these so much better,<lb/> | have not much doubt of, as I like these so much better,<lb/> | ||
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Queen's Wednesday 21st April 1762.
Dear Papa
I am glad to find you have fixed upon a
lodging to your liking; a business which I apprehended wou'd
have been attended with a great deal of difficulty, from what
I haved heard from you of the scarcity of lodgings in town.
I am pleased to find my Verses are acceptable; which indeed
I was not without hopes of, from the kind partiality
with which you are want to judge of my little performances.
I can also acquaint you now with a great event in
my turn; I have changed my rooms for some time; and should
have acquainted you with it before, but Mr Jefferson
told me I had better stay and see how liked the rooms
I am now in; which accordingly I have done, and being perfectly
satisfied with them, which by the by I was not wth
the others, I now apply to you for your consent; which I
have not much doubt of, as I like these so much better,
and the rent is 1 £ a year cheaper than that of the others.
the considerations which induced me to change were these;
first that the my former rooms smoked very much; 2ly that
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Jeremy Bentham |
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