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'' | <!-- This page is arranged in two columns --> <p>Malthouse: it is but 20 guineas a year<lb/> indeed; but it is <add> that</add> clear of land tax; & were <lb/> it but twenty pence, it is so much got out <lb/> of the fire: provided always that the man <lb/> pays his rent.</p> <p> 1/4 after 10 </p> <p> W. has just called in and spent about <lb/>an hour him talking politics &c, and <lb/>so this letter will be the shorter for it.<lb/> I thought it but to lose no time in answering<lb/> yours and therefore shall not <lb/> keep it back a <gap/> to fill it . As for <lb/> politics I am afraid of writing a syllable <lb/> about the matter for fear of the <lb/> letters being made prize of a s W.'s was </p> <p> Your ostensible letter having a few inaccuracies<lb/> was upon the whole not amiss in <lb/>point of <sic>stile</sic>: two or three good strokes<lb/> in the <sic>shewy</sic> way. That short bit of a <lb/> scrap of a thing from Chernobyl was<lb/> terrible. I <sic>don't</sic> know whether I told you<lb/> of it before, but there are some passages<lb/> which to this hour I <sic>cant</sic> make sense<lb/> of. </p> <p> I received a letter yesterday from <lb/> La folle: D. I don't know whether I <lb/> told you ) has been to Wales: he was out <lb/> about a month & came here about <lb/> spirits. As for her she says she never was <lb/> better not happier in her life. So all that <lb/> is mighty well.</p> <p> There has been a Mr Dunstable, he <lb/> says enquiring for a book on <sic>Nav Archit</sic> </p> <pb/> | ||
Malthouse: it is but 20 guineas a year
indeed; but it is that clear of land tax; & were
it but twenty pence, it is so much got out
of the fire: provided always that the man
pays his rent.
1/4 after 10
W. has just called in and spent about
an hour him talking politics &c, and
so this letter will be the shorter for it.
I thought it but to lose no time in answering
yours and therefore shall not
keep it back a to fill it . As for
politics I am afraid of writing a syllable
about the matter for fear of the
letters being made prize of a s W.'s was
Your ostensible letter having a few inaccuracies
was upon the whole not amiss in
point of stile: two or three good strokes
in the shewy way. That short bit of a
scrap of a thing from Chernobyl was
terrible. I don't know whether I told you
of it before, but there are some passages
which to this hour I cant make sense
of.
I received a letter yesterday from
La folle: D. I don't know whether I
told you ) has been to Wales: he was out
about a month & came here about
spirits. As for her she says she never was
better not happier in her life. So all that
is mighty well.
There has been a Mr Dunstable, he
says enquiring for a book on Nav Archit
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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