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'' | <p>a <sic>compleat</sic> <unclear>Chatamite</unclear>, & fully acquainted with all your<lb/> | ||
Officers, & their several Characters, & Dispositions, & hope<lb/> | |||
you have been able to find some of 'em as agreable<lb/> | |||
to you as those you removed from — you will be<lb/> | |||
surpriz'd <del>to find</del> <add>when</add> I tell you, your Bro.<hi rend="superscript"><unclear>th</unclear></hi> Charles is soon<lb/> | |||
to be a Kentish Man, tho' not like you a Man of<lb/> | |||
Kent - and that <del><gap/></del><add>to</add>morrow Se'ennight, he go's into<lb/> | |||
Quarters at Shooters Hill, for two or three Month, with<lb/> | |||
your friend Mr Cowley — as well for the benefit<lb/> | |||
of the air, as for the opportunity it will give him,<lb/> | |||
of being acquainted with Arithmetic, & knowing<lb/> | |||
something of Algebra & Geometry, that he may not be<lb/> | |||
a mere Novice, in the Mathematics when he goes to<lb/> | |||
Oxford. - so that you will not be surpris'd if he sho<hi rend="superscript">d</hi><lb/> | |||
now & then, amble as far from thence <add>as</add> to you at<lb/> | |||
Chatham, by way of Exercise - for he is to be<lb/> | |||
absolutely prohibited from setting his Face once<lb/> | |||
towards London — <sic>least</sic> he should be taken up for<lb/> | |||
a <unclear>Stragler</unclear> & Deserter & committed to the Dormitory at<lb/> | |||
College - The chief purpose of his Absence from<lb/> | |||
Town & School is that He may figure away in the<lb/> | |||
Country & be no longer a man of Letters, unless<lb/> | |||
it be, to learn his A.B.C. in <add>the <unclear>Horn</unclear>-Book of</add> Algebra; by which means<lb/> | |||
he may be able to converse with you in the <gap/><lb/> | |||
Language of Signs — as your double Tide-work is<lb/> | |||
pretty well over, I hope you will find time to let<lb/> | |||
us hear from you, sometime next week, and if you<lb/> | |||
have heard any thing further, about the accomodations</p> | |||
a compleat Chatamite, & fully acquainted with all your
Officers, & their several Characters, & Dispositions, & hope
you have been able to find some of 'em as agreable
to you as those you removed from — you will be
surpriz'd to find when I tell you, your Bro.th Charles is soon
to be a Kentish Man, tho' not like you a Man of
Kent - and that tomorrow Se'ennight, he go's into
Quarters at Shooters Hill, for two or three Month, with
your friend Mr Cowley — as well for the benefit
of the air, as for the opportunity it will give him,
of being acquainted with Arithmetic, & knowing
something of Algebra & Geometry, that he may not be
a mere Novice, in the Mathematics when he goes to
Oxford. - so that you will not be surpris'd if he shod
now & then, amble as far from thence as to you at
Chatham, by way of Exercise - for he is to be
absolutely prohibited from setting his Face once
towards London — least he should be taken up for
a Stragler & Deserter & committed to the Dormitory at
College - The chief purpose of his Absence from
Town & School is that He may figure away in the
Country & be no longer a man of Letters, unless
it be, to learn his A.B.C. in the Horn-Book of Algebra; by which means
he may be able to converse with you in the
Language of Signs — as your double Tide-work is
pretty well over, I hope you will find time to let
us hear from you, sometime next week, and if you
have heard any thing further, about the accomodations
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Correspondence |
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Jeremiah Bentham |
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