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<unclear>I</unclear><!-- word missing --> cannot but begin by the <gap/><!-- word missing --> there <unclear>appeared</unclear> of my <unclear>writing</unclear><lb/> | <unclear>I</unclear><!-- word missing --> cannot but begin by the <gap/><!-- word missing --> there <unclear>appeared</unclear> of my <unclear>writing</unclear><lb/> | ||
to you <del>so simple an account as I could do</del> on the subject<lb/> | to you <del>so simple an account as I could do</del> on the subject<lb/> | ||
of my love | of my love connection. It grieves me exceedingly when<lb/> | ||
I consider <del>th</del> how <unclear>anxious</unclear> you must be about the<lb/> | I consider <del>th</del> how <unclear>anxious</unclear> you must be about the<lb/> | ||
<gap/> of it, and yet I cannot as yet tell you any<lb/> | <gap/> of it, and yet I cannot as yet tell you any<lb/> | ||
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and to bring the <del><gap/></del> <add>business</add> to some determination.</p> | and to bring the <del><gap/></del> <add>business</add> to some determination.</p> | ||
My letter was just written in time < | <p>My letter was just written in time <unclear>when</unclear> having it in my<lb/> | ||
pocket I went to spend the evening on a public day<lb/> | pocket I went to spend the evening on a public day<lb/> | ||
at the Field Marshals. <del><unclear>imagine</unclear> to yourself that my</del><lb/> | at the Field Marshals. <del><unclear>imagine</unclear> to yourself that my</del><lb/> | ||
<del><unclear>intention</unclear> when</del> when entering the outer room I found her<lb/> | <del><unclear>intention</unclear> when</del> when entering the outer room I found her<lb/> | ||
with <del><gap/> <gap/> <del>dejected</del> <gap/> <unclear>nothing</unclear></del> <add>an <gap/> <gap/> <unclear>and not</unclear> <add><gap/></add></add> with one of her female friends<lb/> | with <del><gap/> <gap/> <del>dejected</del> <gap/> <unclear>nothing</unclear></del> <add>an <gap/> <gap/> <unclear>and not</unclear> <add><gap/></add></add> with one of her female friends<lb/> | ||
to meet me. | to meet me. <del>and telling me directly that</del> <add>She told me <unclear>a fair wind</unclear></add> by what accident<lb/> | ||
her aunt whom she dreads more than any of her relations<lb/> | |||
had been <add>made</add> acquainted with our connection, of the <gap/><lb/> | |||
<del><gap/></del> <add>which</add> had <del>had to <gap/></del> <add><unclear>been</unclear> made her</add> and of her finding herself obliged<lb/> | |||
to deny <add>as much as possible</add> the force of her attachment, begging me at the same<lb/> | |||
time <add>with all the arts of persuasion <del><gap/></del></add> to <unclear>emulate</unclear> everything as much as <del>possible</del> <add>I could</add> for some<lb/> | |||
time longer. <unclear>Denied</unclear> <unclear>as I was</unclear> <del>with her for not having</del> <add>that she had not</add><lb/> | |||
had fortitude enough to have <unclear>expressed</unclear> <del>everything</del> <add>the whole truth</add> to her aunt and at | |||
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Hond Sir
I cannot but begin by the there appeared of my writing
to you so simple an account as I could do on the subject
of my love connection. It grieves me exceedingly when
I consider th how anxious you must be about the
of it, and yet I cannot as yet tell you any
thing absolutely deffinitive. upon I told you Sir of my
intention of writing to the Field Marshal the while
to give him a frank & sincere account of the matter, as
well to clear myself from the disrepute of carrying on
any longer a secret intercourse with his niece as to
her determine her to open the matter to her mother
and to bring the business to some determination.
My letter was just written in time when having it in my
pocket I went to spend the evening on a public day
at the Field Marshals. imagine to yourself that my
intention when when entering the outer room I found her
with dejected nothing an and not <add></add> with one of her female friends
to meet me. and telling me directly that She told me a fair wind by what accident
her aunt whom she dreads more than any of her relations
had been made acquainted with our connection, of the
which had had to been made her and of her finding herself obliged
to deny as much as possible the force of her attachment, begging me at the same
time with all the arts of persuasion to emulate everything as much as possible I could for some
time longer. Denied as I was with her for not having that she had not
had fortitude enough to have expressed everything the whole truth to her aunt and at
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Jeremy Bentham |
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