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' | <p>Colchester 7 Aug 1778</p> | ||
<p>People here are very much dissatisfied with Keppel<lb/> | |||
and his letter. There is a man here who upon the post<lb/> | |||
report had given 6 guineas to be spent in merry making.</p> | |||
<p>We did not breakfast very early, we go at 12 to the<lb/> | |||
place you know of & I have got to dress, to that you must<lb/> | |||
not expect a very long letter. I shall enclose one to little<lb/> | |||
Mr Wood, which on pain of my severest displeasure I charge<lb/> | |||
you to put into the post the day you receive it.</p> | |||
<p>I reached this place not till after 10 at night - the<lb/> | |||
family were just gone to bed & Mrs Foster got up, threw<lb/> | |||
on her bedgown & under petticoat & came down into the<lb/> | |||
parlour to give me some cool tankard which was all I chose<lb/> | |||
to have. I got a horse that was as easy as an old shoe<lb/> | |||
but as dead as ditch-water. The poor beast hung down <sic>it's</sic><lb/> | |||
head, and seemed tired when I set out which was a little<lb/> | |||
after 5. I reached Burntwood (7 miles from London) about<lb/> | |||
9 and gave my horse a bait till 1/2 after 12. In the mean<lb/> | |||
time I got my hair comfortably dressed, and took the opportunity<lb/> | |||
of viewing the camp at Worley common, of which there<lb/> | |||
is an excellent view from a field at the back of the Crown<lb/> | |||
Inn where I put up; the best view, the people say, that<lb/> | |||
there is from any place. It really forms a very pretty scene, and <lb/> | |||
immediately I began as usual forming wishes and impracticable<lb/> <add>schemes</add>.</p> | |||
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Colchester 7 Aug 1778
People here are very much dissatisfied with Keppel
and his letter. There is a man here who upon the post
report had given 6 guineas to be spent in merry making.
We did not breakfast very early, we go at 12 to the
place you know of & I have got to dress, to that you must
not expect a very long letter. I shall enclose one to little
Mr Wood, which on pain of my severest displeasure I charge
you to put into the post the day you receive it.
I reached this place not till after 10 at night - the
family were just gone to bed & Mrs Foster got up, threw
on her bedgown & under petticoat & came down into the
parlour to give me some cool tankard which was all I chose
to have. I got a horse that was as easy as an old shoe
but as dead as ditch-water. The poor beast hung down it's
head, and seemed tired when I set out which was a little
after 5. I reached Burntwood (7 miles from London) about
9 and gave my horse a bait till 1/2 after 12. In the mean
time I got my hair comfortably dressed, and took the opportunity
of viewing the camp at Worley common, of which there
is an excellent view from a field at the back of the Crown
Inn where I put up; the best view, the people say, that
there is from any place. It really forms a very pretty scene, and
immediately I began as usual forming wishes and impracticable
schemes.
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Identifier: | JB/538/217/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538. |
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1778-08-07 |
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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