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<p> Could I have thought, my dear Sam, that it <lb/> would ever prove disagreeable to me to write to you<lb/>And yet, to confess the truth, it is so. Having <lb/> thought of what I should say to you so much, <lb/>it has for some time been disagreeable to me to <lb/>think of it any longer. For even the thoughts that <lb/>give me the greatest pleasure at the instant of <lb/>their production, as appearing new and of importance<lb/> to my darling projects, grow insipid<lb/>to me and even nauseous after having been brooded<lb/>upon for a certain time. And the sense of <lb/>being <add>— so much </add> in arrear to you has made the time of <lb/>payment more and more formidable. But now <lb/>the Ice is broke I hope I shall sail on <lb/>with tolerable celerity. As to my love affairs<lb/>what shall I say to you? | <p> Could I have thought, my dear Sam, that it <lb/> would ever prove disagreeable to me to write to <hi rend="underline">you</hi><lb/>And yet, to confess the truth, it is so. Having <lb/> thought of what I should say to you so much, <lb/>it has for some time been disagreeable to me to <lb/>think of it any longer. For even the thoughts that <lb/>give me the greatest pleasure at the instant of <lb/>their production, as appearing new and of importance<lb/> to my darling projects, grow insipid<lb/>to me and even nauseous after having been brooded<lb/>upon for a certain time. And the sense of <lb/>being <add>— so much </add> in arrear to you has made the time of <lb/>payment more and more formidable. But now <lb/>the Ice is broke I hope I shall sail on <lb/>with tolerable celerity. As to my love affairs<lb/>what shall I say to you? To tell you all, I <lb/>must say an immense deal to very little purpose;<lb/> I will therefore (I mean as to particulars)<lb/> tell you nothing. Suffice it for the present, that <lb/>my mind is perfectly calm upon the subject: <lb/>and that nothing will be concluded upon <sic>till</sic> I <lb/>see you. You may banish therefore all anxiety<lb/> on that head from your mind. ][Thank You <lb/>for your grammatical communications. I see<lb/>you catch in every thing my systematical<lb/>strain. I hope you will not want courage to <lb/>persevere. I hope you have resolution enough to <lb/>fly the <add>calling</add> company of your countrymen, and to <lb/>profit to the utmost <del>of</del> by your foreign residence<lb/>As to the rest you have told me a good deal of <lb/>what I did not wish to hear, (Your reverse<lb/>I mean, considering that it might <add> very well</add> have kept) not <lb/>a little of what I wished not to hear (your conversation<lb/> with my Father) and very little about<lb/>what I <sic>wishd</sic> much to hear, your manner of <lb/>spending your time, your pleasures and your <lb/><foreign>chagrins | ||
</foreign>, in the novel situation in which you <lb/> have been placed <add> found yourself</add> : Had you done that, I might<lb/>possibly have suggested to you the means of availing<lb/>yourself of it to the best advantage. Am <lb/>I not got into a very tutorly, fatherly kind of </p> | </foreign>, in the novel situation in which you <lb/> have been placed <add> found yourself</add> : Had you done that, I might<lb/>possibly have suggested to you the means of availing<lb/>yourself of it to the best advantage. Am <lb/>I not got into a very tutorly, fatherly kind of </p> | ||
Could I have thought, my dear Sam, that it
would ever prove disagreeable to me to write to you
And yet, to confess the truth, it is so. Having
thought of what I should say to you so much,
it has for some time been disagreeable to me to
think of it any longer. For even the thoughts that
give me the greatest pleasure at the instant of
their production, as appearing new and of importance
to my darling projects, grow insipid
to me and even nauseous after having been brooded
upon for a certain time. And the sense of
being — so much in arrear to you has made the time of
payment more and more formidable. But now
the Ice is broke I hope I shall sail on
with tolerable celerity. As to my love affairs
what shall I say to you? To tell you all, I
must say an immense deal to very little purpose;
I will therefore (I mean as to particulars)
tell you nothing. Suffice it for the present, that
my mind is perfectly calm upon the subject:
and that nothing will be concluded upon till I
see you. You may banish therefore all anxiety
on that head from your mind. ][Thank You
for your grammatical communications. I see
you catch in every thing my systematical
strain. I hope you will not want courage to
persevere. I hope you have resolution enough to
fly the calling company of your countrymen, and to
profit to the utmost of by your foreign residence
As to the rest you have told me a good deal of
what I did not wish to hear, (Your reverse
I mean, considering that it might very well have kept) not
a little of what I wished not to hear (your conversation
with my Father) and very little about
what I wishd much to hear, your manner of
spending your time, your pleasures and your
chagrins
, in the novel situation in which you
have been placed found yourself : Had you done that, I might
possibly have suggested to you the means of availing
yourself of it to the best advantage. Am
I not got into a very tutorly, fatherly kind of
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Jeremy Bentham |
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