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be made clear to me, you will I hope forgive me, Sir, if you | be made clear to me, you will I hope forgive me, Sir, if you | ||
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which otherwise so kind an offer could not but command from me.</p> | which otherwise so kind an offer could not but command from me.</p> |
absolutely necessary to my existence, or conformable to the interpretation
you yourself should think proper to put upon your engagements to
me: as a proof of this disposition, I will beg leave to refer you to
my conduct on occasion of a former offer of the like nature. Any assistance,
I say, Sir, which you could give me without inconvenience
in the publication of my work, certainly could not but be highly acceptable:
but while I publish, and in order to publish, I must eat.
How am I to find wherewithal if the settling of that account be much
longer deferred, is what I would beg you to consider. Till this matter
be made clear to me, you will I hope forgive me, Sir, if you
should find my acknowledgments fall a little short of that gratitude
which otherwise so kind an offer could not but command from me.
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Jeremy Bentham |
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