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<p> thing of passion to corrupt his judgment.</p> <p> Since my last I have <sic>reced</sic> a letter from Q.S.P. at <lb/> Bath, in which (blessed be God | <p> thing of passion to corrupt his judgment.</p> <p> Since my last I have <sic>reced</sic> a letter from Q.S.P. at <lb/> Bath, in which (blessed be God therefore ) he tells me there<lb/> will be no occasion for me to go to Oxford, for that C. Abbot<lb/> has no competitor, & looks upon himself as sure. I has asked <lb/> him about the price of ratteen cloth, which I had heard from <lb/> Barre was as cheap there as Broadcloth in London, <foreign>viz</foreign>. <lb/> 16<hi rend="superscript">s</hi>. Q.S.P. upon inquiry confirmed that idea, and in <lb/> the overflowings of his affection <sic>offer'd</sic> me a coat of it as a<lb/>Bath present: so away go I on cock-horse to Bath tomorrow<lb/> morning to be measured for it. I shall return in the <lb/> afternoon.</p> <p> A day or two ago I received a letter from Sam,<lb/> dated Catherineburgh & Nigne-Taghill. The bad news it contains<lb/> is that he has lost a portable Barometer and gold <lb/> to the value of £13 or 14 by the breaking of a phial of <lb/> quicksilver by the overturning of a trunk: the good news, that <lb/> the model of his plane-engine is finished, and "succeeds<lb/> "to the satisfaction of every body. The Engine itself would have <lb/> been finished but for a vacation of 6 weeks which the workmen<lb/>have on account of the harvest, the time for which in <lb/> that country being very short requires as many hands as can <lb/> be <sic>muster'd</sic>.</p> <p> I wait only for Parson Townsend to quit this place. I <lb/> can not think what is become of the man he leaves me in an <lb/> <unclear>awkward</unclear> predicament — he was to have been here on Wednesday.<lb/> <gap/> is now nobody but Miss Fox & Col. Barre <gap/> — I send you a trunk for <lb/> <add> Davies</add> </p> | ||
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thing of passion to corrupt his judgment.
Since my last I have reced a letter from Q.S.P. at
Bath, in which (blessed be God therefore ) he tells me there
will be no occasion for me to go to Oxford, for that C. Abbot
has no competitor, & looks upon himself as sure. I has asked
him about the price of ratteen cloth, which I had heard from
Barre was as cheap there as Broadcloth in London, viz.
16s. Q.S.P. upon inquiry confirmed that idea, and in
the overflowings of his affection offer'd me a coat of it as a
Bath present: so away go I on cock-horse to Bath tomorrow
morning to be measured for it. I shall return in the
afternoon.
A day or two ago I received a letter from Sam,
dated Catherineburgh & Nigne-Taghill. The bad news it contains
is that he has lost a portable Barometer and gold
to the value of £13 or 14 by the breaking of a phial of
quicksilver by the overturning of a trunk: the good news, that
the model of his plane-engine is finished, and "succeeds
"to the satisfaction of every body. The Engine itself would have
been finished but for a vacation of 6 weeks which the workmen
have on account of the harvest, the time for which in
that country being very short requires as many hands as can
be muster'd.
I wait only for Parson Townsend to quit this place. I
can not think what is become of the man he leaves me in an
awkward predicament — he was to have been here on Wednesday.
is now nobody but Miss Fox & Col. Barre — I send you a trunk for
Davies
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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