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'' | <pb/><p><sic>Queens</sic> coll. March 8<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> 1761</p><p>Dear Papa</p><p>I am forced to send you this time as an excuse<lb/>for not sending you my translation instead of the thing<lb/>itself; but as I <add>shall</add> make it up the succeeding weeks, and <add>can</add> give<lb/>you the reason for my not having <add>had</add> time to do it, I hope you<lb/>will excuse me this time. M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Jefferson had set M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi><lb/>Cooper and I a great deal of "Caesar's Commentaries to<lb/>translate into Greek Prose, which is more difficult to<lb/>me in proportion than Verse; which I told M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Jefferson:<lb/> but <del>as</del> tho' I <del><gap/></del> <add>was</add> sure it was so, yet I could<lb/>not then account for it to M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Jefferson, who thoug<hi rend="superscript">(ht</hi><lb/>it very strange that it should be so; but I have since<lb/>thought of a reason, which is this: I having read chiefly<lb/><del><gap/></del> authors in Greek, could form my manner<lb/>of Versifying and collect my words out of Homer &c<lb/>besides Verses give one a greater licence of expression,<lb/>and if one cannot express one's Thoughts (or the</p><pb/> | ||
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Queens coll. March 8th 1761
Dear Papa
I am forced to send you this time as an excuse
for not sending you my translation instead of the thing
itself; but as I shall make it up the succeeding weeks, and can give
you the reason for my not having had time to do it, I hope you
will excuse me this time. Mr Jefferson had set Mr
Cooper and I a great deal of "Caesar's Commentaries to
translate into Greek Prose, which is more difficult to
me in proportion than Verse; which I told Mr Jefferson:
but as tho' I was sure it was so, yet I could
not then account for it to Mr Jefferson, who thoug(ht
it very strange that it should be so; but I have since
thought of a reason, which is this: I having read chiefly
authors in Greek, could form my manner
of Versifying and collect my words out of Homer &c
besides Verses give one a greater licence of expression,
and if one cannot express one's Thoughts (or the
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Jeremy Bentham |
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