A clergyman of a parish near Reading et al. in Berkshire - July, 1768

from Letter from Jeremy Bentham to Richard Clark, 26 July 1768:

BEGINNING OF LETTER: I must not quit this station wherein you imagined me fixed, without acquainting you how Fortune has disposed of me. my Uncle has made me an offer (which I could not well refuse, neither indeed should be disposed to do it, since tho' the company is rather insipid, there will not be wanting I imagine, ‘agreable circumstances,’ to make the Scheme palatable) to take me with him and my Aunt upon an expedition to Buxton-Wells in Derbyshire, whither he is sent by his Physician for the benefit of his health. I shall thereby not only have the opportunity of satisfying the …   more >>
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Jeremy Bentham, Letter from Jeremy Bentham to Richard Clark, 26 July 1768. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1388176737469 accessed: 6 October, 2024 (Bodleian Library Oxford)

location of experience: Berkshire

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Jeremy Bentham
Jurist, Philosopher, Reformer
1748-1832

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Corelli
written by Arcangelo Corelli

Experience Information

Date/Time July, 1768
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private

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The listener was also a performer


Originally submitted by Simon Brown on Fri, 07 Feb 2014 09:25:13 +0000