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<p>I have just now taken a place in Kemp's<lb/> | <p>I have just now taken a place in Kemp's<lb/> | ||
Machine for <sic>Fryday</sic>, and hope to meet you and M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> | Machine for <sic>Fryday</sic>, and hope to meet you and M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Blankley<lb/> | ||
at the Pack-horse at Turnham-Green that Evening.<lb/> | |||
I have had a sad misfortune since I wrote to you<lb/> | |||
last, namely the loss of my other Pocket<del | last, namely the loss of my other Pocket<del>t</del> book in much<lb/> | ||
the same manner as I lost <sic>t'other</sic>, as I was walking<lb/> | the same manner as I lost <sic>t'other</sic>, as I was walking<lb/> | ||
with one or two of my Acquaintance a good deal | with one or two of my Acquaintance a good deal below<lb/> | ||
Christ-church not far from Friar Bacon's Study,<lb/> | |||
<del>ther</del> <add>which</add> place <sic>tho'</sic> perhaps you do not know; there were two<lb/> | |||
Men a quarrelling, and a Multitude of blackguard | Men a quarrelling, and a Multitude of blackguard gathered<lb/> | ||
about them, and some few Gownsmen, and it<lb/> | |||
being a narrow part of the Street, for it grows narrower<lb/> | being a narrow part of the Street, for it grows narrower<lb/> | ||
and narrower, and there it was that somebody stole it out<lb/> | and narrower, and there it was that somebody stole it out<lb/> | ||
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near it, but being stronger than I, the owner of it <sic>pull'd</sic> it<lb/> | near it, but being stronger than I, the owner of it <sic>pull'd</sic> it<lb/> | ||
away before I could turn round. Indeed <sic>'tis</sic> very strange<lb/> | away before I could turn round. Indeed <sic>'tis</sic> very strange<lb/> | ||
I should lose | I should lose two pocket-books in that manner, and one of them</p> | ||
Dear Papa July 6th 1761.
I have just now taken a place in Kemp's
Machine for Fryday, and hope to meet you and Mr Blankley
at the Pack-horse at Turnham-Green that Evening.
I have had a sad misfortune since I wrote to you
last, namely the loss of my other Pockett book in much
the same manner as I lost t'other, as I was walking
with one or two of my Acquaintance a good deal below
Christ-church not far from Friar Bacon's Study,
ther which place tho' perhaps you do not know; there were two
Men a quarrelling, and a Multitude of blackguard gathered
about them, and some few Gownsmen, and it
being a narrow part of the Street, for it grows narrower
and narrower, and there it was that somebody stole it out
of my Pockett; I did catch hold of a Finger that was very
near it, but being stronger than I, the owner of it pull'd it
away before I could turn round. Indeed 'tis very strange
I should lose two pocket-books in that manner, and one of them
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Jeremy Bentham |
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