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<p>which otherwise he would not <add>have done</add>, having as he said another place | |||
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to call at. Late as it was I did not think myself bound to mkae | |||
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a motion to go while Miss. S. only was in the room, before | |||
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M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> B. returned. If I had I must have lost my chance of being | |||
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asked to <sic>stay dinner</sic>, as Miss. S., I thought, of herself would | |||
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hardly ask me. At the same time I resolved not to offer to go at | |||
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the same time with M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> R. as then they could not well have invited | |||
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me without inviting him. I saw him out, and then that | |||
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<add>it</add> I might not seem as if I <sic>staid</sic> merely for that purpose, I proposed | |||
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finishing the tune which upon his coming had been broken | |||
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off. It was already past their dinner-time but no preparations | |||
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for laying the cloth had as yet been made. When I <sic>offer'd</sic> at last | |||
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to go I was asked by M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> B. to stay dinner: as I was debating | |||
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myself whether to accept the invitation or no, she determined | |||
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me by mentioning what she had for dinner and making apologies. | |||
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To be short I drank Tea, and <sic>staid</sic> till near seven. They | |||
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will not have the Hawk: they had one once which they killed | |||
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on account of it's flying at the <sic>Pidgeons</sic>. They thanked me for the | |||
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cuttings of Geraniums &c: <del>she</del> we went into the garden to look at | |||
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them: but just as we had got to the hot-bed where they were, we | |||
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were driven in again by the rain> I had got a copy of a little | |||
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book that has lately had a great run<unclear>,</unclear> called the Father's Legacy</p> | |||
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which otherwise he would not have done, having as he said another place
to call at. Late as it was I did not think myself bound to mkae
a motion to go while Miss. S. only was in the room, before
Mrs B. returned. If I had I must have lost my chance of being
asked to stay dinner, as Miss. S., I thought, of herself would
hardly ask me. At the same time I resolved not to offer to go at
the same time with Mr R. as then they could not well have invited
me without inviting him. I saw him out, and then that
it I might not seem as if I staid merely for that purpose, I proposed
finishing the tune which upon his coming had been broken
off. It was already past their dinner-time but no preparations
for laying the cloth had as yet been made. When I offer'd at last
to go I was asked by Mrs B. to stay dinner: as I was debating
myself whether to accept the invitation or no, she determined
me by mentioning what she had for dinner and making apologies.
To be short I drank Tea, and staid till near seven. They
will not have the Hawk: they had one once which they killed
on account of it's flying at the Pidgeons. They thanked me for the
cuttings of Geraniums &c: she we went into the garden to look at
them: but just as we had got to the hot-bed where they were, we
were driven in again by the rain> I had got a copy of a little
book that has lately had a great run, called the Father's Legacy
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham; Samuel Bentham |
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