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'' | <p>me, and left me to dispose of myself at my discretion. I went | ||
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into the fore-parlour and sat down to the Harpsichord. I <sic>staid</sic> | |||
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half an hour I believe before any body came in. M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> B. was | |||
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the first; but by that time there had come two Ladies, a M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> | |||
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Draper an elderly <add>widow</add> Lady, and her daughter also a widow, | |||
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and not very young. They live in the village, and called on <!-- in? --> | |||
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their way to M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Barbot<unclear>'s</unclear> whom they mentioned I believe as | |||
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being a relation to them: I think the daughter spoke of her | |||
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under the name of Aunt. They were already in the room | |||
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when M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> B. came in; so that I had no opportunity of | |||
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reading her disposition in her first looks. On account of the | |||
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presence of these <!-- those? --> ladies I did not think it proper to make any | |||
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advances to salute her. In some respects fortune was rather unfavourable | |||
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to me. The weather being <del><gap/></del> changeable, the old | |||
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women <sic>staid</sic> fiddle-faddling a long while. Their errand was | |||
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to compare a pattern of <sic>their's</sic> for ruffles with a pattern of Miss | |||
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Stratton's; and no <del>pattern</del> Miss Stratton appeared. They had | |||
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<sic>staid</sic> I suppose an hour when I thought I might take the | |||
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liberty of taking a turn by myself in the garden. Just as | |||
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I was going out <del>of</del> <add>at</add> the Garden door, whom should I meet coming | |||
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in but Miss S. The sight of her made me start a little; however</p> | |||
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me, and left me to dispose of myself at my discretion. I went
into the fore-parlour and sat down to the Harpsichord. I staid
half an hour I believe before any body came in. Mrs B. was
the first; but by that time there had come two Ladies, a Mrs
Draper an elderly widow Lady, and her daughter also a widow,
and not very young. They live in the village, and called on
their way to Mrs Barbot's whom they mentioned I believe as
being a relation to them: I think the daughter spoke of her
under the name of Aunt. They were already in the room
when Mrs B. came in; so that I had no opportunity of
reading her disposition in her first looks. On account of the
presence of these ladies I did not think it proper to make any
advances to salute her. In some respects fortune was rather unfavourable
to me. The weather being changeable, the old
women staid fiddle-faddling a long while. Their errand was
to compare a pattern of their's for ruffles with a pattern of Miss
Stratton's; and no pattern Miss Stratton appeared. They had
staid I suppose an hour when I thought I might take the
liberty of taking a turn by myself in the garden. Just as
I was going out of at the Garden door, whom should I meet coming
in but Miss S. The sight of her made me start a little; however
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Identifier: | JB/538/054/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538. |
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham; Samuel Bentham |
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