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<p>the consequence of which, unless their Lordships<lb/> | |||
should be pleased either at your representation, Sir,<lb/> | |||
to grant the prayer of the Memorial in their behalf,<lb/> | |||
or else to offer me some equally proper and convenient<lb/> | |||
spot, which it is clear to me they can<lb/> | |||
not do, and which I do not expect they should<lb/> | |||
think of doing, the consequence, I say, with<lb/> | |||
respect to myself is, the relinquishment of the<lb/> | |||
whole business, and the downfall of all my hopes.<lb/> | |||
Anxious as I am to possess a place in your<lb/> | |||
good opinion, Sir, however small an one I may<lb/> | |||
be able to boast of in your favour, I hope I shall<lb/> | |||
be permitted to observe, that even in this instance<lb/> | |||
the caprice, if it be one, is not a caprice of<lb/> | |||
mine. Steering by the light of precedent and authority,<lb/> | |||
upon this occasion, as I am happy<lb/> | |||
to do upon all occasions, when I do not see<lb/> | |||
Reason clearly pointing the opposite way, a<lb/> | |||
consideration that makes the affliction of this step<lb/> | |||
sit the less heavy on me, is the reflection that<lb/> | |||
in taking it, I do but follow the course chalked<lb/> | |||
out for me by the good Howard. He too,<lb/> | |||
when thwarted in this, which in every sense he <add>regarded</add></p> | |||
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the consequence of which, unless their Lordships
should be pleased either at your representation, Sir,
to grant the prayer of the Memorial in their behalf,
or else to offer me some equally proper and convenient
spot, which it is clear to me they can
not do, and which I do not expect they should
think of doing, the consequence, I say, with
respect to myself is, the relinquishment of the
whole business, and the downfall of all my hopes.
Anxious as I am to possess a place in your
good opinion, Sir, however small an one I may
be able to boast of in your favour, I hope I shall
be permitted to observe, that even in this instance
the caprice, if it be one, is not a caprice of
mine. Steering by the light of precedent and authority,
upon this occasion, as I am happy
to do upon all occasions, when I do not see
Reason clearly pointing the opposite way, a
consideration that makes the affliction of this step
sit the less heavy on me, is the reflection that
in taking it, I do but follow the course chalked
out for me by the good Howard. He too,
when thwarted in this, which in every sense he regarded
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letter 988, vol. 5 |
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