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<p>17 Jan<hi rend="superscript">y</hi></p> | <p>17 Jan<hi rend="superscript">y</hi></p> | ||
<note>Letter II</note> | <note>Letter II</note> | ||
<p>With so discouraging a circumstance under my eyes <add>communication before me</add><lb/> | <p>With so discouraging a circumstance under <add>in</add> my eyes <add>communication before me</add><lb/> | ||
I wish <add>rather than hope</add> it were in my power to persuade myself<lb/> | I wish <add>rather than hope</add> it were in my power to persuade myself<lb/> | ||
that this question by which the questions are bound<lb/> | that this question by which the questions are bound<lb/> | ||
to nothing and in which the individual questions<lb/> | to nothing and in which the <del><gap/></del> individual questions<lb/> | ||
beholds his fate hanging over his head had any<lb/> | beholds his fate hanging over his head had any<lb/> | ||
other object than the affording an <hi rend="underline">occasion</hi>, or<lb/> | other object than the affording an <hi rend="underline">occasion</hi>, or<lb/> | ||
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are treading in"the <hi rend="underline">project</hi>"<add>+</add> altogether: nor on<lb/> | are treading in"the <hi rend="underline">project</hi>"<add>+</add> altogether: nor on<lb/> | ||
any other supposition can find any use <add>use or cause or use</add> or motive<lb/> | any other supposition can find any use <add>use or cause or use</add> or motive<lb/> | ||
for the question about eventual remuneration<lb/> | for the question about <del><gap/> <gap/></del> eventual remuneration<lb/> | ||
that immediately follows.</p> | that immediately follows.</p> | ||
<p>Under these circumstances, <add><del>it can</del></add> | <p><del><gap/></del> Under these circumstances, I <add><del>it can</del></add><lb/> | ||
<del>can not but think</del> <add><del>not but appear to me</del></add> it does appear to me that<lb/> | |||
instead of giving answer to any such question,<lb/> | instead of giving answer to any such question,<lb/> | ||
and to save myself from the <add>so</add> burthensome and<lb/> | and to save myself from <del>the</del> <add>so</add> burthensome and <del><gap/></del><lb/> | ||
ungenerous a task as it seeks to impose upon<lb/> | ungenerous a task as it seeks to impose upon<lb/> | ||
me, I should not have been unwarranted in humbly<lb/> | me, I should not have been unwarranted in humbly<lb/> | ||
requesting to know as a preliminary whether<lb/> | requesting to know as a preliminary whether<lb/> | ||
on the part of their Lordships there does <add>really</add> exist any<lb/> | on the part of their Lordships there does <add>really</add> exist any<lb/> | ||
such disposition as that of <add>enabling me to carry</add> | such disposition as that of carrying <add>enabling me to carry</add> the plan into<lb/> | ||
execution in any event and upon any terms.<lb/> | execution in any event and upon any terms.<lb/> | ||
Since if really no such distinction does exist, any such<lb/> | Since if really no such distinction does exist, any such<lb/> | ||
J.B. to Treasury
17 Jany
Letter II
With so discouraging a circumstance under in my eyes communication before me
I wish rather than hope it were in my power to persuade myself
that this question by which the questions are bound
to nothing and in which the individual questions
beholds his fate hanging over his head had any
other object than the affording an occasion, or
to use the word which the nature of the case if separated
from the consideration of the persons would wait
for the pretence, for "relinquishing the once settled
plan called for this purpose by those whose steps they
are treading in"the project"+ altogether: nor on
any other supposition can find any use use or cause or use or motive
for the question about eventual remuneration
that immediately follows.
Under these circumstances, I it can
can not but think not but appear to me it does appear to me that
instead of giving answer to any such question,
and to save myself from the so burthensome and
ungenerous a task as it seeks to impose upon
me, I should not have been unwarranted in humbly
requesting to know as a preliminary whether
on the part of their Lordships there does really exist any
such disposition as that of carrying enabling me to carry the plan into
execution in any event and upon any terms.
Since if really no such distinction does exist, any such
task as that of setting down to make calculations for
which a long train of mercantile enquiries would be an
indispensable preliminary, would be a useless addition to
a train of sufferings which long ago were
in the estimation of those
otherwise occupied concerned at
the time in inflicting them—
when they had none not a quarter part of what they have since by much the utmost length that consist either with humanity or justice.
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