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'' | <pb/>the Composers held in that University. I wonder how you can think<lb/>of my verses being published, when amongst so many there must necessarily<lb/>be a number of <add>much</add>better Scholars than I, and whose Verses<lb/>would be printed <del><gap/></del> rather than mine. I should have done<lb/>Greek if M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Jefferson had not hindered me; (and indeed had begun<lb/>and gone on some way) telling <del><gap/></del> me that as I was not <add>so much</add> Master<lb/><del><gap/></del> of that Language as of Latin, I had best not do it in<lb/>Greek, but in Latin; so I was forced to obey, for these Fellows will <lb/>have their will or else I believe I would have done it as well in <lb/>Greek as Latin, and then it might have stood some chance of being <lb/>published. — <gap/>other day <add>(night I should say)</add> I forget wh<del>en</del><add>at</add> day; Miss Harris from <unclear>Baghurst</unclear> with Miss Goldstone and M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Flowers her Sister, came to Oxford<lb/>; and sent to me from King Charles's head Inn to let me know that<lb/>my friends at Browninghill were well. I asked the Man that<lb/>brought it, (he seemed to be the Hostler of the Inn) when they went out<lb/>of Town&he told me the next Morning at 9 o'Clock: I sent word <add>back</add> by<lb/>him that I would wait on them the next Morning for I could not<lb/>so well go that night, as I had something of the <sic>Headake</sic>. accordingly<lb/>the next Morning I went, and got to the Inn at about<lb/>a quarter after 8; but when I came to enquire after them, I was<lb/>told that there had been three Ladies there, but that they were<pb/> | ||
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the Composers held in that University. I wonder how you can think
of my verses being published, when amongst so many there must necessarily
be a number of muchbetter Scholars than I, and whose Verses
would be printed rather than mine. I should have done
Greek if Mr Jefferson had not hindered me; (and indeed had begun
and gone on some way) telling me that as I was not so much Master
of that Language as of Latin, I had best not do it in
Greek, but in Latin; so I was forced to obey, for these Fellows will
have their will or else I believe I would have done it as well in
Greek as Latin, and then it might have stood some chance of being
published. — other day (night I should say) I forget whenat day; Miss Harris from Baghurst with Miss Goldstone and Mrs Flowers her Sister, came to Oxford
; and sent to me from King Charles's head Inn to let me know that
my friends at Browninghill were well. I asked the Man that
brought it, (he seemed to be the Hostler of the Inn) when they went out
of Town&he told me the next Morning at 9 o'Clock: I sent word back by
him that I would wait on them the next Morning for I could not
so well go that night, as I had something of the Headake. accordingly
the next Morning I went, and got to the Inn at about
a quarter after 8; but when I came to enquire after them, I was
told that there had been three Ladies there, but that they were
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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