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'' | <p> would be to go from this very garden on<lb/> board the Commissioner's <sic>Yatch</sic>, and in <lb/> it to the <sic>pacquet</sic> at Falmouth, <del>of</del> which <lb/> Government have been so good as to <lb/> have at our command — We should be<lb/> to stay at Lisbon <sic>till</sic> May, from when<lb/> our <add> way of </add> returning must depend upon the <sic>Ladys</sic><lb/> whether it shall be by Madrid<lb/> & Paris, which I should incline to, or <lb/> as we come by the Pacquet, which I <lb/> think would be the most likely to suit them<lb/> unless you can come & prevail on them. As<lb/> for your reasons, they operate in my <lb/> opinion directly the other way, which <lb/> <sic>surprizes</sic> me, as you sometimes reason<lb/> very tolerably —1<hi rend="superscript">st</hi> you have <sic>translat'd</sic> & <lb/><sic>publish'd | ||
</sic> the great works and should <lb/> therefore get out of the way as soon<lb/> as possible, as every author does the <lb/> first night of his Comedy — 2<hi rend="superscript">dly</hi> you<lb/> are publishing about France, to do <lb/> good this should be done instantly, &</p> <!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | |||
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would be to go from this very garden on
board the Commissioner's Yatch, and in
it to the pacquet at Falmouth, of which
Government have been so good as to
have at our command — We should be
to stay at Lisbon till May, from when
our way of returning must depend upon the Ladys
whether it shall be by Madrid
& Paris, which I should incline to, or
as we come by the Pacquet, which I
think would be the most likely to suit them
unless you can come & prevail on them. As
for your reasons, they operate in my
opinion directly the other way, which
surprizes me, as you sometimes reason
very tolerably —1st you have translat'd &
publish'd
the great works and should
therefore get out of the way as soon
as possible, as every author does the
first night of his Comedy — 2dly you
are publishing about France, to do
good this should be done instantly, &
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"William Petty, 2nd Earl Shelburne, Lord Lansdowne" |
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