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to leave the helm for a few minutes I offered to <del>steer</del> take <del><gap/></del> the management of it with an | |||
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<hi rend="underline">air</hi> by which I endeavoured to <sic>shew</sic> him that I was <del><unclear>the</unclear></del> qualified for the charge. As I had before | |||
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let him know I had been used to the business he accepted my offer. He presently saw that he <unclear>co</unclear><gap/><!-- "could"? --> | |||
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depend upon my management and when he came to resume his function he even did me the <gap/><!-- inferred from what follows -->traordinary<!-- "-traordinary" appears on next line, but have followed the rule of tying it to the start of the word, for all that that start is not apparent here --> | |||
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honour to say "<unclear>Why u</unclear> steer quite so well <sic>als</sic> myself<sic>."</sic> Ever since that time I have | |||
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taken the helm when I please. This is an honour which no other of the passengers is admitted to. <del><gap/></del> | |||
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you <sic>cant</sic> perhaps enter into the spirit of | |||
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to leave the helm for a few minutes I offered to steer take the management of it with an
air by which I endeavoured to shew him that I was the qualified for the charge. As I had before
let him know I had been used to the business he accepted my offer. He presently saw that he co
depend upon my management and when he came to resume his function he even did me the traordinary
honour to say "Why u steer quite so well als myself." Ever since that time I have
taken the helm when I please. This is an honour which no other of the passengers is admitted to.
you cant perhaps enter into the spirit of
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1779-08-28 |
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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