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<p> Dear Sam</p> <p>So much for the Boat — I have read | <p> Dear Sam</p> <p>So much for the Boat — I have read what you<lb/>tell me about the Boat, with as much satisfaction as any <lb/> thing upon any subject you could have written upon — <lb/>But what's become of the "<foreign>tres capella"</foreign> — "Tres Capella"<lb/> are three little Goats, but from the occasion on which they<lb/> are mentioned in an epigram of Martials, are made to stand<lb/>for the subject whatever it was, that one was<del>t</del> last upon.<lb/>What we were last upon were the Air-experiments — The <lb/>apparatus was to have been proceeded upon forthwith — Specimens <lb/> were to have been fitted up, and your most obsequious elder <lb/>brother and humble servant to command, was to have been <lb/>commanded down by the time all was ready — A letter <lb/>after a considerable time has come from your honour, and <lb/>in the said letter, concerning the apparatus, <del> your</del> <add> or </add> <lb/> <del>said</del> concerning his said proposed to-be-commanded journey<lb/>your said humble servant has heard nothing — To confess <lb/>the truth, your said humble servant, being now <del><gap/> </del> <add> as </add> at <lb/>all times a little upon the lazy order, is not sorry for the <lb/>pretence. But you, Sir, may it please your proprietorship<lb/>where is your consistency, your steadiness, your resolution?<lb/>Where are the fruits of your <del>money</del> <add> gold</add>, that you melted into <lb/>Glass? is the Glass to be melted into Pitch again to caulk</p> | ||
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Dear Sam
So much for the Boat — I have read what you
tell me about the Boat, with as much satisfaction as any
thing upon any subject you could have written upon —
But what's become of the "tres capella" — "Tres Capella"
are three little Goats, but from the occasion on which they
are mentioned in an epigram of Martials, are made to stand
for the subject whatever it was, that one wast last upon.
What we were last upon were the Air-experiments — The
apparatus was to have been proceeded upon forthwith — Specimens
were to have been fitted up, and your most obsequious elder
brother and humble servant to command, was to have been
commanded down by the time all was ready — A letter
after a considerable time has come from your honour, and
in the said letter, concerning the apparatus, your or
said concerning his said proposed to-be-commanded journey
your said humble servant has heard nothing — To confess
the truth, your said humble servant, being now as at
all times a little upon the lazy order, is not sorry for the
pretence. But you, Sir, may it please your proprietorship
where is your consistency, your steadiness, your resolution?
Where are the fruits of your money gold, that you melted into
Glass? is the Glass to be melted into Pitch again to caulk
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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