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<p>might prevent your losing a Part of your Capital; this was my meaning | |||
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but in saying what he did, it <sic>serv'd</sic> his own turn, in Shifting the | |||
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occasion of <unclear>leaving</unclear><!-- "seeing"? --> you at <unclear>call</unclear> in that respect. If he knew you had | |||
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what you had of your own in the Funds, there <sic>co<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></sic> be no occasion for | |||
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my <unclear>saying</unclear> with you in giving him a Security - w<hi rend="superscript">ch</hi>. is an Obligation | |||
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I <sic>sho<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></sic> never care to lay myself under to him.</p> | |||
And it <sic>wo<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></sic> be strange indeed if I <sic>sho<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></sic> in that way assist you | |||
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in procuring you money for a purpose I utterly disapprove of; I | |||
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plainly perceive if you are <sic>determin'd</sic> to go abroad against my | |||
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Inclination, it will be a means of your Exhausting what little | |||
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property you have of your own in the Funds, & that all you will | |||
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bring home in return, if ever you do return, & whether I shall | |||
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live to see you <sic>return'd</sic> is still more uncertain, will be nothing | |||
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more than gratifying your <hi rend="underline">own</hi> <hi rend="underline">Curiosity</hi> in having seen the | |||
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outlines of Russian Dock yards, & your <hi rend="underline">Brother's</hi> Curiosity, in | |||
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the Accounts you will give him of the Reception you <unclear>meet</unclear> | |||
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with from those Persons to whom you may Carry Letters of | |||
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Recommendation; | |||
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might prevent your losing a Part of your Capital; this was my meaning
but in saying what he did, it serv'd his own turn, in Shifting the
occasion of leaving you at call in that respect. If he knew you had
what you had of your own in the Funds, there cod be no occasion for
my saying with you in giving him a Security - wch. is an Obligation
I shod never care to lay myself under to him.
And it wod be strange indeed if I shod in that way assist you
in procuring you money for a purpose I utterly disapprove of; I
plainly perceive if you are determin'd to go abroad against my
Inclination, it will be a means of your Exhausting what little
property you have of your own in the Funds, & that all you will
bring home in return, if ever you do return, & whether I shall
live to see you return'd is still more uncertain, will be nothing
more than gratifying your own Curiosity in having seen the
outlines of Russian Dock yards, & your Brother's Curiosity, in
the Accounts you will give him of the Reception you meet
with from those Persons to whom you may Carry Letters of
Recommendation;
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Correspondence |
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Jeremiah Bentham |
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