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<p>Dear Bentham—</p> | <p>Dear Bentham—</p> | ||
<p>I am much obliged to you | <p>I am much obliged to you | ||
for your papers & keys— & the permission to | for your papers & keys— & the permission to <lb/> | ||
see your brother's letters— I have opened 2 <lb/> | |||
of them, but find no news to communicate <lb/> | |||
to Wilson— The contents of one of | |||
<lb/> | <lb/> | ||
them shows that a <unclear>raisible</unclear> man, as your | |||
them shows that a <unclear> | |||
<lb/> | <lb/> | ||
brother certainly is, may not have sufficient | brother certainly is, may not have sufficient | ||
London— 4 Oct.
Dear Bentham—
I am much obliged to you
for your papers & keys— & the permission to
see your brother's letters— I have opened 2
of them, but find no news to communicate
to Wilson— The contents of one of
them shows that a raisible man, as your
brother certainly is, may not have sufficient
experience to discover a sea-monster at first sight
You may rely with the fullest confidence
on my discretion— The 2 franks you
left me were directed to Lincoln's Inn—
So they could not serve to forward your
letters— But I have got two, & sent
all your letters, for tho' you only desire
to have those from Aberdeen Plymouth or
Paris, there can, I shd think, be no harm
in having the others— There is one fr. Aberdeen
This I had great itching to open for I have
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Correspondence |
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"Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie" |
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