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mind that I had not <del></del><add>acquainted</add> you with my having given<lb/> | mind that I had not <del></del><add>acquainted</add> you with my having given<lb/> | ||
M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Jefferson the bank-Note, however, I can so far satisfy<lb/> | M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Jefferson the bank-Note, however, I can so far satisfy<lb/> | ||
you, that I was not so neglectfull in delaying giving it to him<lb/> | you, that I was not so <sic>neglectfull</sic> in delaying giving it to him<lb/> | ||
as I have been in mentioning it to you. I shall do this week the<lb/> | as I have been in mentioning it to you. I shall do this week the<lb/> | ||
first <sic>publick</sic> exercise in the Schools that I ever did that is<lb/> | first <sic>publick</sic> exercise in the Schools that I ever did that is<lb/> | ||
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hours sitting under a determining <sic>Batchelor</sic>, <add>who is to take up the Cudgels in my defence, if there be occasion,</add> | hours sitting under a determining <sic>Batchelor</sic>, <add>who is to take up the Cudgels in my defence, if there be occasion,</add> | ||
can be done only in Lent. this Week too I shall finish Homer,<lb/> | can be done only in Lent. this Week too I shall finish Homer,<lb/> | ||
having allready killed Hector, and have only a few odd matters to<lb/> | having <sic>allready</sic> killed Hector, and have only a few odd matters to<lb/> | ||
do, before I finish my Poem. being straightened for time, I must<lb/> | do, before I finish my Poem. being straightened for time, I must<lb/> | ||
<del><gap/></del><add>conclude</add> sooner than I intended, with desiring my duty to my Grand-<lb/> | <del><gap/></del><add>conclude</add> sooner than I intended, with desiring my duty to my Grand-<lb/> | ||
Dear Papa Queen's March 1st 1762. —
I received your letter of the 23d, and find that you
was of opinion that I should have sent to my Tutor to let him
know I was not well, but that would not signify much, as he
might have seen that in the books where I was put down aeger
and so might the Provost too; however as I am very well now, andit
does not signify. I could not help wondering at my own
Stupidity, when I read that your letter which put me in
mind that I had not acquainted you with my having given
Mr Jefferson the bank-Note, however, I can so far satisfy
you, that I was not so neglectfull in delaying giving it to him
as I have been in mentioning it to you. I shall do this week the
first publick exercise in the Schools that I ever did that is
answer under-Batchelor, which is to dispute with another undergraduate for two or 3
hours sitting under a determining Batchelor, who is to take up the Cudgels in my defence, if there be occasion,
can be done only in Lent. this Week too I shall finish Homer,
having allready killed Hector, and have only a few odd matters to
do, before I finish my Poem. being straightened for time, I must
conclude sooner than I intended, with desiring my duty to my Grand-
-mama and to yourself from Your dutiful and affectionate
Son
J. Bentham.—
P.S.
I will write to you at the End
of the Week to let you know
how I come of in the Schools
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