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<p> My dear Sam <add> My Brother who is at Chatham</add> </p> <p> London night April 30<hi rend="superscript">th</hi></p> <p> How shall I find words to describe<lb/> to you the scenes I have witness these <lb/> few days been <add> <add> a witness of & </add> an actor in! You will <lb/>never know how to wonder enough at some <lb/> part of the story I have to tell you: but <lb/> your wonder will be a most joyful one.<lb/> Conceive my mother, our mother I must <lb/> from henceforward call her, acting the <lb/> part of most zealous disinterested friend, <lb/> <add> to me </add> and you will conceive no more than what <lb/> is most unquestionably true. The grand<lb/. discovery has been made: and probably before<lb/> <del> this</del> I conclude this letter, my destiny will<lb/> be definitely settled:</p> <pb/> <p> Monday morn 6 o'clock</p> <p> I don't know where<lb/> to begin hardly, nor where to choose, among <lb/> the multitude of things I could wish to tell <lb/>you. I must touch upon every thing as <lb/> slightly as possible.</p> <p>I have not yet heard form Capt: Carleton<lb/> in answer to the <hi rend="underline">Volume</hi> which I <sic>shewd | |||
</sic> <lb/> you. Nor do I wonder at it, since the dispatch<lb/> of that volume was retarded, by some <lb/> circumstances that intervened, <sic>till</sic> Tuesday <lb/> last. Nor am I much concerned about <lb/> it, as my fate will not turn upon it<lb/> at all. </p> <p>It was on Friday the discovery was made<lb/> <add> I dined at Q.S.P.</add> Taking a turn in the garden after dinner, <lb/> my mother came up with me —<lb/> "so Mr Jerry, I hear strange stories of <lb/> "you" — Indeed, Madam? what stories?"<lb/>with a look of some anxiety — "Oh, no<lb/> "harm at all, only that you are a <lb/> "smitten with a <unclear>pretty | |||
</unclear> <gap/> </p> <pb/> <p> "I ask you whether it is so or no"? — I <lb/> could not have wished for a fairer opportunity<lb/>Her looks were kind — My stomach was quiet, <lb/>I was in a conversable humour. My Father <lb/> had been <add> just</add> then telling me of a piece<lb/>of good fortune that had happened in the <lb/> falling in of ma Reversion of <add> about</add> £40 a <lb/> year. We were all in high spirits upon <lb/> the occasion and a party had been formed<lb/> to go down to <unclear>Pyenest | |||
</unclear> as <gap/> day, to <lb/> take a view (for some <hi rend="underline">legal</hi> purposes)of the <lb/> new acquisition. I am this instant setting<lb/> out, and so good morning to you.</p> <pb/> <p> Wednesday</p> <p> The affair ending so unhappily <lb/> I had not the heart to finish my narrative:<lb/> so this letter was never sent.</p> <p> To be short, my Uncle who had provided<lb/. me his house, retracted. he <lb/> and my Father (my Uncle tho' a well-meaning<lb/> man is of a cold misgiving <lb/> apprehensive temper) set one another against<lb/> my wishes: and all my Mother-in-Law<lb/> could say on my behalf was <lb/> unavailing.</p> | |||
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My dear Sam My Brother who is at Chatham
London night April 30th
How shall I find words to describe
to you the scenes I have witness these
few days been <add> a witness of & an actor in! You will
never know how to wonder enough at some
part of the story I have to tell you: but
your wonder will be a most joyful one.
Conceive my mother, our mother I must
from henceforward call her, acting the
part of most zealous disinterested friend,
to me and you will conceive no more than what
is most unquestionably true. The grand<lb/. discovery has been made: and probably before
this I conclude this letter, my destiny will
be definitely settled:
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Monday morn 6 o'clock
I don't know where
to begin hardly, nor where to choose, among
the multitude of things I could wish to tell
you. I must touch upon every thing as
slightly as possible.
I have not yet heard form Capt: Carleton
in answer to the Volume which I shewd
you. Nor do I wonder at it, since the dispatch
of that volume was retarded, by some
circumstances that intervened, till Tuesday
last. Nor am I much concerned about
it, as my fate will not turn upon it
at all.
It was on Friday the discovery was made
I dined at Q.S.P. Taking a turn in the garden after dinner,
my mother came up with me —
"so Mr Jerry, I hear strange stories of
"you" — Indeed, Madam? what stories?"
with a look of some anxiety — "Oh, no
"harm at all, only that you are a
"smitten with a pretty
---page break---
"I ask you whether it is so or no"? — I
could not have wished for a fairer opportunity
Her looks were kind — My stomach was quiet,
I was in a conversable humour. My Father
had been just then telling me of a piece
of good fortune that had happened in the
falling in of ma Reversion of about £40 a
year. We were all in high spirits upon
the occasion and a party had been formed
to go down to Pyenest
as day, to
take a view (for some legal purposes)of the
new acquisition. I am this instant setting
out, and so good morning to you.
---page break---
Wednesday
The affair ending so unhappily
I had not the heart to finish my narrative:
so this letter was never sent.
To be short, my Uncle who had provided<lb/. me his house, retracted. he
and my Father (my Uncle tho' a well-meaning
man is of a cold misgiving
apprehensive temper) set one another against
my wishes: and all my Mother-in-Law
could say on my behalf was
unavailing.
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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