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<p>an intelligent well bred young <add>gentle</add> woman of about 25, who to the theoretical mind<lb/> | <p>an intelligent well bred young <add>gentle</add> woman of about 25, who to the theoretical mind<lb/> | ||
of having imbibed sound chemical principles from | of having imbibed sound chemical principles from her Uncle, adds the practical<lb/> | ||
requisite of having been born & bred in a Cheshire Dairy. You will say<lb/> | requisite of having been born & bred in a Cheshire Dairy. You will say<lb/> | ||
that is doing this business but by halves: true: but it would be more than <lb/> | that is doing this business but by halves: true: but it would be more than <lb/> | ||
half done, <unclear>&</unclear> if I could get her | half done, <unclear>&</unclear> if I could get her regenerated in Wiltshire. Now how to <lb/> | ||
bring about this good | bring about this good work? of my self <add>you know</add> I can do nothing: <del>I can pretend</del> to the<lb/> | ||
<add>art</add> of regeneration <add>I <del>can no more pretend</del> <del>have</del> make no more | <add>art</add> of regeneration <add>I <del>can no more pretend</del> <del>have</del> make no more pretensions</add> <del>no more</del> than to its simple <del><gap/></del> <add>prototype</add>. But you, my venerable friend<lb/> | ||
are alike an adept in both: the <del>one is</del> <add>last</add> your <del><gap/></del> <add>pastime is, <del>and</del> the first</add>, <del>the other</del> is your trade.<lb/> | are alike an adept in both: the <del>one is</del> <add>last</add> your <del><gap/></del> <add>pastime is, <del>and</del> the first</add>, <del>the other</del> is your trade.<lb/> | ||
Now then how shall I contrive to pay you: for every one must live<lb/> | Now then how shall I contrive to pay you: for every one must live<lb/> | ||
by his trade: and yours is <del>not</del> a | by his trade: and yours is <del>not</del> a none of those which <del>people are</del> <add><gap/> men are wont to</add> live<lb/> | ||
the worst by. <del>I won't pretend to < | the worst by. <del>I won't pretend to <gap/> you by put it into your hands</del>. <add>Don't be wicked now, & think that I mean to propose to you</add><lb/> | ||
to pay yourself by <add>intermixing upon this occasion</add> <del>making</del> <add><del> | to pay yourself by <add>intermixing upon this occasion</add> <del>making</del> <add><del><gap/> of</del></add> your pastime <del><gap/></del> <add>with</add> <add><del><gap/></del></add> your trade: that would<lb/> | ||
be | be curtailing you of a syllable, without making you a jot the richer: <lb/> | ||
besides that my | besides that my commission does not extend quite so far: and <del><unclear>I question whether</unclear></del> <add>sacred as the precedent</add><lb/> | ||
<add>is, it is possible she might have | <add>is, it is possible she might have her scruples about acting</add> <del>she would act</del> the part of Ruth, though you were to be her Booz:<lb/> | ||
I mean to pay you more <del><unclear>not</unclear></del> <unclear> | I mean to pay you more <del><unclear>not</unclear></del> literally in your own coin. <unclear>Pewing</unclear>, <lb/> | ||
I am told, or the near neighbourhood of it is a second Canaan; don't<lb/> | I am told, or the near neighbourhood of it is a second Canaan; don't<lb/> | ||
be angry. I speak of its produce, not of its inhabitants. The ditches instead<lb/> | be angry. I speak of its produce, not of its inhabitants. The ditches instead<lb/> | ||
of mud are filled with milk: and the foot paths instead of gravel<lb/> | of mud are filled with milk: and the foot paths instead of gravel<lb/> | ||
are | are cased with Cheese. You <del>must</del> <add>can not but</add> know plenty of your <unclear><hi rend="underline">oncilles</hi></unclear><lb/> | ||
is of their <unclear><hi rend="underline"> | is of their <unclear><hi rend="underline">commerces</hi></unclear> who out of <add>Christian Charity</add> <del>charity</del> aided by the moderate application<lb/> | ||
of a more substantial motive would undertake this pious work.<lb/> | of a more substantial motive would undertake this pious work.<lb/> | ||
The process <del>would</del> need not take up above a week: and any recompense<lb/> | The process <del>would</del> need not take up above a week: and any recompense<lb/> | ||
you | you thought adequate, two or three guineas suppose would be cheerfully<lb/> | ||
bestow'd. But what <add>you will say, is</add> become of the | bestow'd. But what <gap/><add>you will say, is</add> become of the Levites there, <del>you'll say</del>, all<lb/> | ||
this while? Have a little patience. I have a piece of <unclear> | this while? Have a little patience. I have a piece of <unclear>Malacheter</unclear> | ||
heavenly powers' | <gap/> heavenly powers' what a piece! for to make a breast-plate for the <add>Angel</add></p> | ||
an intelligent well bred young gentle woman of about 25, who to the theoretical mind
of having imbibed sound chemical principles from her Uncle, adds the practical
requisite of having been born & bred in a Cheshire Dairy. You will say
that is doing this business but by halves: true: but it would be more than
half done, & if I could get her regenerated in Wiltshire. Now how to
bring about this good work? of my self you know I can do nothing: I can pretend to the
art of regeneration I can no more pretend have make no more pretensions no more than to its simple prototype. But you, my venerable friend
are alike an adept in both: the one is last your pastime is, and the first, the other is your trade.
Now then how shall I contrive to pay you: for every one must live
by his trade: and yours is not a none of those which people are men are wont to live
the worst by. I won't pretend to you by put it into your hands. Don't be wicked now, & think that I mean to propose to you
to pay yourself by intermixing upon this occasion making of your pastime with your trade: that would
be curtailing you of a syllable, without making you a jot the richer:
besides that my commission does not extend quite so far: and I question whether sacred as the precedent
is, it is possible she might have her scruples about acting she would act the part of Ruth, though you were to be her Booz:
I mean to pay you more not literally in your own coin. Pewing,
I am told, or the near neighbourhood of it is a second Canaan; don't
be angry. I speak of its produce, not of its inhabitants. The ditches instead
of mud are filled with milk: and the foot paths instead of gravel
are cased with Cheese. You must can not but know plenty of your oncilles
is of their commerces who out of Christian Charity charity aided by the moderate application
of a more substantial motive would undertake this pious work.
The process would need not take up above a week: and any recompense
you thought adequate, two or three guineas suppose would be cheerfully
bestow'd. But what you will say, is become of the Levites there, you'll say, all
this while? Have a little patience. I have a piece of Malacheter
heavenly powers' what a piece! for to make a breast-plate for the Angel
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