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deal with. Till we have settled for every thing<lb/> | deal with. Till we have settled for every thing<lb/> | ||
that is past, I am most properly deaf as to<lb/> | that is past, I am most properly deaf as to<lb/> | ||
every thing that is future. <add>[+]</add> is a <add>sort of</add> language I am <note><add>[+]</add> <del>Pay</del><add>"Render</add> me what is <hi rend="underline">not</hi> "my due aand then I "will pay you what <hi rend="underline">is</hi> yours"</note><lb/> | |||
as little disposed to accept as I am <add>accustomed</add> <del>used to offer<add>hold</add></del><lb/> | |||
it<add><del>to employ it.</del> to hold it. </add> What may be the consequence of the delay occasioned<lb/> | |||
by the <add>extraordinary</add> stipulation, I neither know nor<lb/> | |||
care: <unclear><del>myself</del></unclear> should the person in question have<lb/> | |||
changed his mind in the mean time, it will be <add>your</add><lb/><pb/> | |||
J.B. for Henderson to Gullit: Lett.2.
good Sir, did he accept it in that light? did you
so much as offer it him in that light? Did he
accept it: did you so much as offer it, in paymentas
of his then part services<add>evenfor his services already performed in payment of any
one for such services, much lessto say nothing in payment of
services not in of services not so much as
in contemplation in payment of any one single
service? And so you really thought an so you really think that by selling
a possibility for hard money , a new with the
help of a little mental reservation, you
bought a Henderson for a slave. Ingenious as
you are, why not make out a better case? why
not set up as a price for 13 months subsequent services
the 4 or 5 days beef and pudding you gave
him at your house? that was no moonshine:
that was of real value.
As to the other condition , you seem toone would think you forget
Sir, that you have not now Mr Henderson to
deal with. Till we have settled for every thing
that is past, I am most properly deaf as to
every thing that is future. [+] is a sort of language I am [+] Pay"Render me what is not "my due aand then I "will pay you what is yours"
as little disposed to accept as I am accustomed used to offerhold
itto employ it. to hold it. What may be the consequence of the delay occasioned
by the extraordinary stipulation, I neither know nor
care: myself should the person in question have
changed his mind in the mean time, it will be your
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::[monogram] propatria [britannia motif]]] |
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