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England , they looked upon themselves as having scarce any chance of | England , they looked upon themselves as having scarce any chance of | ||
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reaching it . They were 440 leagues from it : it was not the nearest land | reaching it . They were 440 <unclear>leagues</unclear> from it : it was not the nearest land | ||
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but the wind was fair for it so that they thought they had beter chance | but the wind was fair for it so that they thought they had beter chance | ||
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London. Your writing I expect of course. I did not reach Witham till 3/4 after 4: nor did
I leave it till after 8. While I was there the heat of the weather
made me fall into a little bit of a half-dose during which
I contracted such a hoarseness that when I came in here Mr
Forster could hardly hear me speak. It is now pretty well gone.
I sleep in a large comfortable room with two beds in it , not to
mention a soft lying in chair: so that when I am tired of laying
in one , I may go to another. With all these invitations to
repose , and though it was past 12 before I went to bed, I quitted
it this morning a little after 7. When I came in , I
was not in the least fatigued : neither stiff nor saddlesick — the
for you ! the distance 56 miles. Lord with what
- do I look down upon your Wilson's and such like
gentry . The Devil's in it surely that a man should be
so stout to some purposes and so weak to others . — There— I
have almost written out my paper , and very important and interesting
are the contents of it. What follows is for W.
Foster has just read me a letter from on board the Russel: It
gives a circumstantial and melancholy account of the distresses on board that ship from
storm and sickness. The numbers sick when she came home were
221 . She was parted from the Fleet and struggled to get up with
it again so long when it was resolved at last to bear away for
England , they looked upon themselves as having scarce any chance of
reaching it . They were 440 leagues from it : it was not the nearest land
but the wind was fair for it so that they thought they had beter chance
for reaching that than any other. I am very comfortable here : every body very , I not too much so.
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Jeremy Bentham |
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