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'' | <p>most honourably mentioned, for which I hope | ||
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you will give me leave, on my arrival in London, | |||
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to Kiss the nail of the great Toe of your | |||
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left foot, for which blessing I shall be | |||
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for ever | |||
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Your most humble, and | |||
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devout Serv<hi rend="superscript">t</hi> and Slave | |||
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Swedia<unclear>u'r</unclear></p> | |||
<p>P.S. I do not know whether I mentioned to you <gap/> | |||
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that <foreign>caoutihouc</foreign> is not dissolved, as I was first | |||
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informed in Lord Dundonalds tar, but in a kind | |||
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of other prepared from this tar by <del><gap/></del> a process | |||
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<add>invented but</add> not yet discovered by Lord Dundonald who is one | |||
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the most ingenious chemists I know; what a | |||
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pity that this man's projects <add>or rather imagination</add> run constantly | |||
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away with him, and thus deprive him of the | |||
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real benefit, he could reap of his discoveries | |||
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if he adhered to a more steady and <del>judicious</del> prudent plan | |||
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in the execution thereof — <foreign>adieu</foreign></p> | |||
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most honourably mentioned, for which I hope
you will give me leave, on my arrival in London,
to Kiss the nail of the great Toe of your
left foot, for which blessing I shall be
for ever
Your most humble, and
devout Servt and Slave
Swediau'r
P.S. I do not know whether I mentioned to you
that caoutihouc is not dissolved, as I was first
informed in Lord Dundonalds tar, but in a kind
of other prepared from this tar by a process
invented but not yet discovered by Lord Dundonald who is one
the most ingenious chemists I know; what a
pity that this man's projects or rather imagination run constantly
away with him, and thus deprive him of the
real benefit, he could reap of his discoveries
if he adhered to a more steady and judicious prudent plan
in the execution thereof — adieu
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