★ Find a new page to transcribe in our list of Untranscribed Manuscripts
Auto loaded |
No edit summary |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
<!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
<p>a proposal had been put into your hands, that as far as you | |||
<lb/> | |||
had been able to look into it seemed to promise not amiss, | |||
<lb/> | |||
and that as soon as time permitted it was your intention | |||
<lb/> | |||
to look farther into it so as to give it an answer. Something | |||
<lb/> | |||
not much short of this even M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Pitt and M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Dundas | |||
<lb/> | |||
might perhaps be disposed to say, if I did not interpret | |||
<lb/> | |||
too much in my favour what you said to me on | |||
<lb/> | |||
that head: but this must be as they please. My language | |||
<lb/> | |||
ever since I had the honour of seeing you has been the | |||
<lb/> | |||
same to all sorts of persons: — that I had no doubt | |||
<lb/> | |||
but that Administration meant to give my proposal fair | |||
<lb/> | |||
play: — that I did not wonder at their not finding any | |||
<lb/> | |||
more time for it at such a period: — that I had every | |||
<lb/> | |||
reason to be pleased with the notice that had been taken | |||
<lb/> | |||
of it: — that my confidence was in them; and that as it <add>was</add></p> | |||
<!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
{{Metadata:{{PAGENAME}}}} | {{Metadata:{{PAGENAME}}}}{{Completed}} | ||
a proposal had been put into your hands, that as far as you
had been able to look into it seemed to promise not amiss,
and that as soon as time permitted it was your intention
to look farther into it so as to give it an answer. Something
not much short of this even Mr Pitt and Mr Dundas
might perhaps be disposed to say, if I did not interpret
too much in my favour what you said to me on
that head: but this must be as they please. My language
ever since I had the honour of seeing you has been the
same to all sorts of persons: — that I had no doubt
but that Administration meant to give my proposal fair
play: — that I did not wonder at their not finding any
more time for it at such a period: — that I had every
reason to be pleased with the notice that had been taken
of it: — that my confidence was in them; and that as it was
|
Identifier: | JB/541/328/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541. |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
1792-05-30 |
|||
|
541 |
|||
|
328 |
|||
|
001 |
|||
|
Correspondence |
|||
|
Jeremy Bentham |
|||
