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'' | <p>by the 20<hi rend="superscript">th</hi>. I expect to find the old | ||
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couple <del>there</del> <add>at Bath</add>, but it will be no embarrassment. | |||
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When I chang'd Horses | |||
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at Marlborough, they told me M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi>. | |||
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Bentham had waited for me a considerable | |||
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time, but had gone on about | |||
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half an hour - What to Bowood | |||
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I suppose - they did not know, but | |||
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he had a Lady with him, which | |||
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unravell'd the Mystery - But well | |||
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or unwell I could never let the <unclear>Post</unclear> | |||
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go without assuring you, that no one | |||
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knows better the difference between | |||
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Honest Open Passion, which bursts | |||
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no matter how, & gives fair warning, | |||
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& conceal'd malice, which seeks to | |||
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revenge <unclear>s<gap/>g<gap/>gs</unclear> <add>Wounded Vanities</add>, which they dare | |||
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not own, or <unclear>to</unclear> <sic>gratifye</sic> a cowardly | |||
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Spirit of Envy & Ingratitude. I know</p> | |||
by the 20th. I expect to find the old
couple there at Bath, but it will be no embarrassment.
When I chang'd Horses
at Marlborough, they told me Mr.
Bentham had waited for me a considerable
time, but had gone on about
half an hour - What to Bowood
I suppose - they did not know, but
he had a Lady with him, which
unravell'd the Mystery - But well
or unwell I could never let the Post
go without assuring you, that no one
knows better the difference between
Honest Open Passion, which bursts
no matter how, & gives fair warning,
& conceal'd malice, which seeks to
revenge sggs Wounded Vanities, which they dare
not own, or to gratifye a cowardly
Spirit of Envy & Ingratitude. I know
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Identifier: | JB/541/180/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541. |
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1790-10-17 |
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180 |
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"William Petty, 2nd Earl Shelburne, Lord Lansdowne" |
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