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I might be pretty sure of succeeding, otherwise I could<lb/> | I might be pretty sure of succeeding, otherwise I could<lb/> | ||
not; and that I should not speak of it, 'till it was<lb/> | not; and that I should not speak of it, 'till it was<lb/> | ||
<sic>determin'd, for fear I should miscarry; in which case<lb/> | <sic>determin'd</sic>, for fear I should miscarry; in which case<lb/> | ||
it would be better to have nothing said about it; so I<lb/> | it would be better to have nothing said about it; so I<lb/> | ||
beg you would not mention<del>'d</del> it. I think of taking for<lb/> | beg you would not mention<del>'d</del> it. I think of taking for<lb/> | ||
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-lick</sic> occurrence that has happened since the beginning<lb/> | -lick</sic> occurrence that has happened since the beginning<lb/> | ||
of the late war. but <del>this</del> more of this another time. I<lb/> | of the late war. but <del>this</del> more of this another time. I<lb/> | ||
begun on the Harpsichord last | begun on the Harpsichord last Tuesday, since which</p> | ||
-Chancellor that I might speak in the Theatre, but yt
it depended upon myslf, for that I must produce some- -thing
extraordinary, (that was his expression, other wisein which case
I might be pretty sure of succeeding, otherwise I could
not; and that I should not speak of it, 'till it was
determin'd, for fear I should miscarry; in which case
it would be better to have nothing said about it; so I
beg you would not mention'd it. I think of taking for
my subject, Dunkerca deleta, now there is a Poem
in the Musae Anglicanae entitled, Dunkerca delenda,
whence I may mention a Comparison between the then ineffectual, and the effect-
-ual demolition of it, which will be Compleated no doubt
before the Encaenia. I am at liberty to want itmake upon any pub-
-lick occurrence that has happened since the beginning
of the late war. but this more of this another time. I
begun on the Harpsichord last Tuesday, since which
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Jeremy Bentham |
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