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<p>Dear Sam</p> | <p>Dear Sam</p> | ||
The Letter I wrote to you was sent to the Post, at | <p>The Letter I wrote to you was sent to the Post, at | ||
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noon, of the Day on which I <sic>reeed</sic> your's in the afternoon — | noon, of the Day on which I <sic>reeed</sic> your's in the afternoon — | ||
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and was glad of the opportunity he gave you of convincing | and was glad of the opportunity he gave you of convincing | ||
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<gap/> <unclear>q<hi rend="superscript">h</hi>.</unclear> you knew so much of what he had <gap/> | <gap/> <unclear>q<hi rend="superscript">h</hi>.</unclear> you knew so much of what he had <sic>allalong</sic> | ||
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wentertained an opinion you was, in a manner, wholly | |||
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ignorant. <sic>he</sic> is certainly a poor Creature, <sic>illeberal</sic> to | |||
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the last degree, <del><gap/></del> narrow in his Ideas, & timid, to a | |||
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degree— I wish much to know what further <gap/> | |||
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he has taken of you, & whether you can get him to | |||
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make a Drawing of one of the Ships upon the <unclear>Stocks</unclear> instead | |||
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of a <add>m<gap/></add> Copy of your Dra<del><unclear>ft</unclear></del>wing — I hope he has given you | |||
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an advantage enough of him, to get him to comply | |||
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with such a <unclear>Proposition</unclear> — he must be a weak man indeed | |||
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to consider the business of the <gap/> Loft as a mystery | |||
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to you, who he might well imagine (from the regard he | |||
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<sic>cou'd</sic> not but know M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Gray had for you) had the free</p> | |||
Dear Sam
The Letter I wrote to you was sent to the Post, at
noon, of the Day on which I reeed your's in the afternoon —
otherwise it wod have been in answer to your's, but
however it served qupurposes as well in some respects
as mine was in a manner prophetic of the of
yours, with which I was much pleas'd, as I cou'd not
but approve of your Conduct with respect to the Builder,
and was glad of the opportunity he gave you of convincing
qh. you knew so much of what he had allalong
wentertained an opinion you was, in a manner, wholly
ignorant. he is certainly a poor Creature, illeberal to
the last degree, narrow in his Ideas, & timid, to a
degree— I wish much to know what further
he has taken of you, & whether you can get him to
make a Drawing of one of the Ships upon the Stocks instead
of a m Copy of your Draftwing — I hope he has given you
an advantage enough of him, to get him to comply
with such a Proposition — he must be a weak man indeed
to consider the business of the Loft as a mystery
to you, who he might well imagine (from the regard he
cou'd not but know Mr Gray had for you) had the free
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Jeremiah Bentham |
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