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'' | <p>Lincoln's Inn Sept<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 21<hi rend="superscript">st</hi> 1771.<lb/> | ||
Hond Sir<lb/> | |||
It gave me great pleasure to receive the<lb/> | |||
<sic>favor</sic> of your letter, a <sic>favor</sic> of which I began to despair,<lb/> | |||
not apprehending your stay would be so long<lb/> | |||
as it has proved: and to learn that your expedition<lb/> | |||
has been so prosperous and so agreable in<lb/> | |||
every respect to you and yours — I know not<lb/> | |||
whether I shall not commence Traveller myself<lb/> | |||
next week for a few days upon an occasion<lb/> | |||
which you would never have thought of — learn<lb/> | |||
with <sic>surprize</sic>, that Mercury (excuse the <sic>Chymist</sic>)<lb/> | |||
is fixed at last — D<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Mulford has made a<lb/> | |||
purchase and I <del>learn</del>hear from my Uncle who had it<lb/> | |||
from a friend of the aforesaid D<hi rend="superscript">r's</hi> at Basingstoke)<lb/> | |||
of a House not far from Southampton - at a place<lb/> | |||
I think that is called Totton - a House without<lb/> | |||
prospect and without ground thos<del>'</del>e <foreign>sine qua nons</foreign> <lb/> | |||
without which hitherto no purchase was to be thought<lb/> | |||
of. be it <add>however</add> what it may, I am determin'd to go<lb/> | |||
and look at it: tho' he has not yet let me know<lb/> | |||
of his being settled as we had agreed upon when he was<lb/> | |||
last in Town: but he does not know of a circumstance<lb/> | |||
which will confine me to get back to Town by the | |||
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Lincoln's Inn Septr 21st 1771.
Hond Sir
It gave me great pleasure to receive the
favor of your letter, a favor of which I began to despair,
not apprehending your stay would be so long
as it has proved: and to learn that your expedition
has been so prosperous and so agreable in
every respect to you and yours — I know not
whether I shall not commence Traveller myself
next week for a few days upon an occasion
which you would never have thought of — learn
with surprize, that Mercury (excuse the Chymist)
is fixed at last — Dr Mulford has made a
purchase and I learnhear from my Uncle who had it
from a friend of the aforesaid Dr's at Basingstoke)
of a House not far from Southampton - at a place
I think that is called Totton - a House without
prospect and without ground thos'e sine qua nons
without which hitherto no purchase was to be thought
of. be it however what it may, I am determin'd to go
and look at it: tho' he has not yet let me know
of his being settled as we had agreed upon when he was
last in Town: but he does not know of a circumstance
which will confine me to get back to Town by the
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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