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<p>Dear Sam<hi rend="superscript">l</hi>.</p> | |||
I have been very much <sic>engag'd</sic> of late, & <sic>co<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></sic> not get time to | |||
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set Pen to paper to answer yours of the 10<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> inst<hi rend="superscript">t</hi>., and now I am | |||
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by no means in a mood for writing having a great weight in | |||
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my head which perhaps is owing to the weight of the air, from | |||
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the appearance of <unclear>Rain</unclear>; but I was unwilling you <sic>sho<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></sic> think | |||
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I neglected you - you have been so much in the habit of flying | |||
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about to different places, <sic>y<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></sic> you may well be called a | |||
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<sic>Ubiquarian</sic> - I hope it answers to you, in the acquisition of | |||
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knowledge, or at least of health - you will now I <sic>imagin</sic> | |||
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think of setting down in pursuit of your <sic>litterary</sic> Scheme, as | |||
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there seems at present to be no opening for any thing else — | |||
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with regard to my remittance of your quarters allowance, | |||
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<sic>your</sic> recommend it to me to look into your account of the | |||
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<unclear>Xmas</unclear> Quarter, I have done so, & there find, I sent you <unclear>y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi></unclear> 4<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> Jan<hi rend="superscript">y</hi> | |||
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last £15 - but perhaps you had forgot, that I had sent you | |||
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two Sums of £10 Each, for your Michae<gap/>as<!-- i.e. Michaelmas? --> Quarter, making £20, | |||
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<sic>w<hi rend="superscript">ch</hi>.</sic> added to <unclear>y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi></unclear> £15, makes £35 for the half year, & <sic>w<hi rend="superscript">ch</hi>.</sic> is the half | |||
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of £70 I agreed to allow you by the year. | |||
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Dear Saml.
I have been very much engag'd of late, & cod not get time to
set Pen to paper to answer yours of the 10th instt., and now I am
by no means in a mood for writing having a great weight in
my head which perhaps is owing to the weight of the air, from
the appearance of Rain; but I was unwilling you shod think
I neglected you - you have been so much in the habit of flying
about to different places, yt you may well be called a
Ubiquarian - I hope it answers to you, in the acquisition of
knowledge, or at least of health - you will now I imagin
think of setting down in pursuit of your litterary Scheme, as
there seems at present to be no opening for any thing else —
with regard to my remittance of your quarters allowance,
your recommend it to me to look into your account of the
Xmas Quarter, I have done so, & there find, I sent you ye 4th Jany
last £15 - but perhaps you had forgot, that I had sent you
two Sums of £10 Each, for your Michaeas Quarter, making £20,
wch. added to ye £15, makes £35 for the half year, & wch. is the half
of £70 I agreed to allow you by the year.
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Jeremiah Bentham |
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