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it <add>inclose?</add> <del>portend</del> My own stuff back again?<lb/> | it <add>inclose?</add> <del>portend</del> My own stuff back again?<lb/> | ||
Let me feel — it is hardly thick enough for that <lb/> | Let me feel — it is hardly thick enough for that <lb/> | ||
a severe and freezing reprimand? <del>I will</del> <add> | a severe and freezing reprimand? <del>I will</del> <add>Let me</add><lb/> | ||
Suppose it be - I will pluck up my shirts <add><gap/></add> | <add>Suppose it be - I will pluck up my shirts, <add><gap/></add> <add>and face it at any rate,</add> face it however — Confession and submission<lb/> | ||
face it however — | |||
may perhaps make my peace — But why<lb/> | may perhaps make my peace — But why<lb/> | ||
thus | thus apprehensive? as if any reprimand, how<lb/> | ||
<add>severe soever, would not be less so <add>than</add></add><add | <add>severe soever, would not be less so <add>than</add></add><add>disdainful</add> <del>could be as severe as <gap/> si</del>lence?</p> | ||
<p><add><del>In the midst</del> of</add> <del>While</del> <add>Reading</add> these debates <del>were going on</del>, the<lb/> | <p><add><del>In the midst</del> of</add> <del>While</del> <add>Reading</add> these debates <del>were going on</del>, the<lb/> | ||
letter <add>has been lying</add> <del>lay</del> a good hour unopened on the<lb/> | letter <add>has been lying</add> <del>lay</del> a good hour unopened on the<lb/> | ||
table. <add>[+]</add> My procrastinating <add><del>In every cast of the</del> die<add>face supposition</add></add> temper finds<lb/> | <note><add>[+]</add> When a letter comes<lb/> | ||
from an interesting<lb/> | |||
quarter my</note> table. <add>[+]</add> My procrastinating <add><del>In every cast of the</del> die<add>face supposition</add></add> temper finds<lb/> | |||
<add>in either side of the alternative in</add> reason for delay — If <del>bad news</del> <add>something unpleasant</add> is apprehended,<lb/> | <add>in either side of the alternative in</add> reason for delay — If <del>bad news</del> <add>something unpleasant</add> is apprehended,<lb/> | ||
the evil hour <add>moment</add> is to be | the evil hour <add>moment</add> is to be staved off:<lb/> | ||
of something | of something pleasing <add>is expected,</add>, the pleasure <add>flutter<add>luxury</add></add> of expectation<lb/> | ||
is to be protracted.</p> | is to be protracted.</p> | ||
Sent from Hendon. Novr 10th Tuesday 1789
A cover An inclosure from Warwick!- I tremble with apprehension what can
it inclose? portend My own stuff back again?
Let me feel — it is hardly thick enough for that
a severe and freezing reprimand? I will Let me
Suppose it be - I will pluck up my shirts, <add> and face it at any rate, face it however — Confession and submission
may perhaps make my peace — But why
thus apprehensive? as if any reprimand, how
severe soever, would not be less so <add>than</add>disdainful could be as severe as silence?
In the midst of While Reading these debates were going on, the
letter has been lying lay a good hour unopened on the
[+] When a letter comes
from an interesting
quarter my table. [+] My procrastinating In every cast of the die<add>face supposition</add> temper finds
in either side of the alternative in reason for delay — If bad news something unpleasant is apprehended,
the evil hour moment is to be staved off:
of something pleasing is expected,, the pleasure flutter<add>luxury</add> of expectation
is to be protracted.
A reprieve! a reprieve! It is even so — The Sovereign
with the advice of the <add>her</add> Privy Council has borrowed the sceptre of Ahasuerus, and
stretched it out in token of pardon forgiveness to her devoted
supplicant. It is a charter of pardon
and grace and benignitythe light<add>lustre</add> of grace irradiates beams forth in
each line.
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jeremy bentham |
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letter 687, vol. 4 |
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