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<p><unclear>Salhram</unclear> 20<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> <unclear>Semf</unclear> 1789</p> | |||
<p>Dear M.<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Bentham</p> | |||
<p>First as to your attach upon<lb/> | |||
my hand writing, It is not my Fault; I was<lb/> | |||
very ill educated, & never <sic>learn'd</sic> to<lb/> | |||
write. The people I have envied most <sic>thro'</sic><lb/> | |||
Life has been those who can write well<lb/> | |||
& yet write so carelessly, that Lady Lansdown<lb/> | |||
Miss Vernon & myself are sometimes half<lb/> | |||
an hour making out a particular word<lb/> | |||
But I <sic>cant</sic> express how much I am -<sic>oblig'd</sic> to you, When <add>tho'</add> you compare the<lb/> | |||
number of words to a Bill in Chancery,<lb/> | |||
you don't compare the <gap/> thro' <add>one</add><lb/> | |||
but upon the contrary are so good <add>to <unclear>sow</unclear></add> That<lb/> | |||
two Sheets of mine have half the Stuff<lb/> | |||
of one of yours— You have a Proof that<lb/> | |||
your Ideas are never lost upon me, by<lb/> | |||
my producing them at ten years distance.<lb/> | |||
If I did not quote you to yourself,<lb/> | |||
you may be <gap/> that I shall be<lb/> | |||
proud to quote so great an authority<lb/> | |||
to every body who, as I hope to do your</p> | |||
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Salhram 20th Semf 1789
Dear M.r Bentham
First as to your attach upon
my hand writing, It is not my Fault; I was
very ill educated, & never learn'd to
write. The people I have envied most thro'
Life has been those who can write well
& yet write so carelessly, that Lady Lansdown
Miss Vernon & myself are sometimes half
an hour making out a particular word
But I cant express how much I am -oblig'd to you, When tho' you compare the
number of words to a Bill in Chancery,
you don't compare the thro' one
but upon the contrary are so good to sow That
two Sheets of mine have half the Stuff
of one of yours— You have a Proof that
your Ideas are never lost upon me, by
my producing them at ten years distance.
If I did not quote you to yourself,
you may be that I shall be
proud to quote so great an authority
to every body who, as I hope to do your
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"William Petty, 2nd Earl Shelburne, Lord Lansdowne" |
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