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<!-- This page is organised in two columns --> <p> Tuesday November 14<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> 1780 London</p> <p> I wrote to you this day sennight about the <lb/> translation being begun. This morning came <lb/> yours of Oct. 3<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> O.S. in one word, this thing <lb/> was given away a month after it was known <lb/> here to have fallen — given to a person who is <lb/> in trade. Not a halfpenny Salary: possibly <lb/> but this is a matter of conjecture only, some <lb/> occasional <foreign>douceurs </foreign> for extra services that occurred.<lb/> Good bye to it then: it has cost <lb/> me a day, and you I doubt, still more.<lb/> However I do not regret it after all: for <lb/> it took <add> well</add> worth Q.S.P. in whose hands it got <lb/> first: it flattered him that people thought<lb/> of a man for it at such a distance. I <lb/> had a letter from him this morning: for some <lb/> how or other, so it happened that it was to <lb/> him that it was first carried. He went to <lb/> Barking early and so <sic>dropt</sic> it for me while<lb/> I was out. About 4 he called here on his <lb/> return: and by that time I was enabled to <lb/>tell him how the matter stood. He took <lb/> it very cheerfully. The circumstance of the <lb/>proposal's having originated in another <lb/> quarter has made a favourable impression<lb/> on him which I hope will last. I have <lb/> got b it a new shield to defend people <lb/> with when they are railed at. I sent <lb/> for my information to the chambers<lb/> <hi rend="superscript">No</hi> 9. L. not being at home called <lb/> on me a few hours afterwards & gave <lb/> it me by word of mouth: but I took care <lb/> to let him know <add> in my note</add> that that was all the <lb/> trouble I should have any need to give<lb/> him. The case is I have a better channel:<lb/> I should have posted off to S<hi rend="superscript">t</hi>. P. </p> <pb/> | |||
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Tuesday November 14th 1780 London
I wrote to you this day sennight about the
translation being begun. This morning came
yours of Oct. 3d O.S. in one word, this thing
was given away a month after it was known
here to have fallen — given to a person who is
in trade. Not a halfpenny Salary: possibly
but this is a matter of conjecture only, some
occasional douceurs for extra services that occurred.
Good bye to it then: it has cost
me a day, and you I doubt, still more.
However I do not regret it after all: for
it took well worth Q.S.P. in whose hands it got
first: it flattered him that people thought
of a man for it at such a distance. I
had a letter from him this morning: for some
how or other, so it happened that it was to
him that it was first carried. He went to
Barking early and so dropt it for me while
I was out. About 4 he called here on his
return: and by that time I was enabled to
tell him how the matter stood. He took
it very cheerfully. The circumstance of the
proposal's having originated in another
quarter has made a favourable impression
on him which I hope will last. I have
got b it a new shield to defend people
with when they are railed at. I sent
for my information to the chambers
No 9. L. not being at home called
on me a few hours afterwards & gave
it me by word of mouth: but I took care
to let him know in my note that that was all the
trouble I should have any need to give
him. The case is I have a better channel:
I should have posted off to St. P.
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Jeremy Bentham |
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