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' | <p>Totton Wednesday Sept. 15.1773.<lb/> | ||
Honoured Sir<lb/> | |||
I have taken up the resolution at last<lb/> | |||
not to make the length of my neglect in not writing to<lb/> | |||
you a plea, as is sometimes the case in matters of this<lb/> | |||
sort for omitting that duty altogether. I thought to<lb/> | |||
have had to congratulate you upon the acquisition of so<lb/> | |||
agreable companion at Matlock as M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Lind, and<lb/> | |||
intended to have taken that opportunity for a letter: but<lb/> | |||
when the time came, he could not prevail upon himself<lb/> | |||
to leave the scene of business at such a distance, while<lb/> | |||
the fate of his friends the Dantzickers continued yet<lb/> | |||
in suspense, little as the probability was become, of his<lb/> | |||
being able to render them <del>of</del> any service.</p> | |||
<p>On Saturday fortnight Sam came up from Chatham:<lb/> | |||
we intended to have <sic>sat</sic> out on <add>the</add> Monday: but<lb/> | |||
as I happened to have no sleep the night before, I did<lb/> | |||
not think <del><gap/></del>it prudent to undertake an expedition<lb/> | |||
so laborious as <del>I</del> we proposed our's should be under<lb/> | |||
such a circumstance. The next morning however <add>[Tuesday]</add> we <sic>sat</sic><lb/> | |||
out a little after 5 and got to Whitchurch between<lb/> | |||
8 & 9 after travelling 36 miles on foot, whereof</p> | |||
Totton Wednesday Sept. 15.1773.
Honoured Sir
I have taken up the resolution at last
not to make the length of my neglect in not writing to
you a plea, as is sometimes the case in matters of this
sort for omitting that duty altogether. I thought to
have had to congratulate you upon the acquisition of so
agreable companion at Matlock as Mr Lind, and
intended to have taken that opportunity for a letter: but
when the time came, he could not prevail upon himself
to leave the scene of business at such a distance, while
the fate of his friends the Dantzickers continued yet
in suspense, little as the probability was become, of his
being able to render them of any service.
On Saturday fortnight Sam came up from Chatham:
we intended to have sat out on the Monday: but
as I happened to have no sleep the night before, I did
not think it prudent to undertake an expedition
so laborious as I we proposed our's should be under
such a circumstance. The next morning however [Tuesday] we sat
out a little after 5 and got to Whitchurch between
8 & 9 after travelling 36 miles on foot, whereof
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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