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<p> - book for materials and heads &c for a Digest. In the intervals<lb/>of that employment which will be many I shall go on with <lb/>my Comment on the Commentaries — I hope still to have <lb/> completed it in 3 months or 4 at <del> apr</del> furthest. <sic>Tis</sic> <lb/> on this | <p> - book for materials and heads &c for a Digest. In the intervals<lb/>of that employment which will be many I shall go on with <lb/>my Comment on the Commentaries — I hope still to have <lb/> completed it in 3 months or 4 at <del> apr</del> furthest. <sic>Tis</sic> <lb/> on this rate my sole <sic>dependance</sic> now for the accomplishment<lb/> of my Marriage Scheme — I find that according <lb/>to the source of the market £120 may not unreasonably <lb/>be expected from a Bookseller for a handsome 8<hi rend="superscript">vo</hi> volume <lb/>If the reception that my first volume meets with is such <lb/>as <del><gap/> </del> entitles me to think I can have alacrity enough to produce<lb/> one every year, I shall trust to that, and take <lb/> the desperate lap, trusting to the chapter of accidents and <lb/>my mother's good offices, for reconciling my Father. At <lb/>present we are all the best friends imaginable. He certainly <lb/> does love you and me next to his money I was going to say <lb/> however <add> very </add> nearly if not altogether equal to his wife. But <lb/>I must not enter into details <add> or reflections</add> Mr Lind <sic>offer'd</sic> me his house<lb/> as an Asylum if I would venture immediately upon marriage<lb/>but I declined (you may imagine with what gratitude) for the reason <lb/> I have above intimated, and because I <del>did</del> could not justify it to <lb/> | ||
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- book for materials and heads &c for a Digest. In the intervals
of that employment which will be many I shall go on with
my Comment on the Commentaries — I hope still to have
completed it in 3 months or 4 at apr furthest. Tis
on this rate my sole dependance now for the accomplishment
of my Marriage Scheme — I find that according
to the source of the market £120 may not unreasonably
be expected from a Bookseller for a handsome 8vo volume
If the reception that my first volume meets with is such
as entitles me to think I can have alacrity enough to produce
one every year, I shall trust to that, and take
the desperate lap, trusting to the chapter of accidents and
my mother's good offices, for reconciling my Father. At
present we are all the best friends imaginable. He certainly
does love you and me next to his money I was going to say
however very nearly if not altogether equal to his wife. But
I must not enter into details or reflections Mr Lind offer'd me his house
as an Asylum if I would venture immediately upon marriage
but I declined (you may imagine with what gratitude) for the reason
I have above intimated, and because I did could not justify it to
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1775-05-23 |
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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