CO129-100 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [9]

But in case you were not satisfied with the submissive and not addicted tone, contrary to acts of turbulence or revolt, they felt it would have been unbecoming in them to say so in their memorial, as it was against Chinese Custom and rules of propriety for humble suppliants to extol themselves. Meaning thereby, as I understood them, that reasonable exception might have been taken to a Memorial against the maintenance of Garrison from the very people against whom only the troops could ever, by possibility, be locally used: and that they had accordingly thought it better taste and more prudent to content themselves with showing that the expenses of living here were already very large, and that further burthens would seriously interfere with the growth of the place.

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has been rewritten to

But in case you were not satisfied with the submissive and not addicted tone, contrary to acts of turbulence or revolt, they felt it would have been unbecoming in them to say so in their memorial, as it was against Chinese Custom and rules of propriety for humble suppliants to extol themselves. Meaning thereby, as I understood them, that reasonable exception might have been taken to a Memorial against the maintenance of Garrison from the very people against whom only the troops could ever, by possibility, be locally used: and that they had accordingly thought it better taste and more prudent to content themselves with showing that the expenses of living here were already very large, and that further burthens would seriously interfere with the growth of the place.

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But in case you were not satisfied with the submissive and not addicted tone, contrary to acts of turbulence or revolt, they felt it would have been unbecoming in them to say so in their memorial, as it was against Chinese Custom and rules of propriety for humble suppliants to extol themselves. Meaning thereby, as I understood them, that reasonable exception might have been taken to a Memorial against the maintenance of Garrison from the very people against whom only the troops could ever, by possibility, be locally used: and that they had accordingly thought it better taste and more prudent to content themselves with showing that the expenses of living here were already very large, and that further burthens would seriously interfere with the growth of the place.

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However, the most appropriate response following the format rules precisely is:

But in case you were not satisfied with the submissive and not addicted tone, contrary to acts of turbulence or revolt, they felt it would have been unbecoming in them to say so in their memorial, as it was against Chinese Custom and rules of propriety for humble suppliants to extol themselves. Meaning thereby, as I understood them, that reasonable exception might have been taken to a Memorial against the maintenance of Garrison from the very people against whom only the troops could ever, by possibility, be locally used: and that they had accordingly thought it better taste and more prudent to content themselves with showing that the expenses of living here were already very large, and that further burthens would seriously interfere with the growth of the place.

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The final answer is

But in case Ne you were not satisfied with the submissive and not addicted tone, contrary to acts of turbulence or revolt, they felt it would have been unbecoming in them to say so in their memorial, as it was against Chinese Custom and rules of propriety for humble suppliants to extol themselves. Meaning thereby, as I understood them, that reasonable exception might have been taken to a Memorial against the maintenance of Garrison from the very people against whom only the troops could ever, by possibility, be locally used: and that they had accordingly thought it better taste and more prudent to content themselves with showing that the expenses of living here were already very large, and that further burthens would seriously interfere with the growth of the place.

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is not the correct representation. The best representation is

But in case you were not satisfied with the submissive and not addicted tone, contrary to acts of turbulence or revolt, they felt it would have been unbecoming in them to say so in their memorial, as it was against Chinese Custom and rules of propriety for humble suppliants to extol themselves. Meaning thereby, as I understood them, that reasonable exception might have been taken to a Memorial against the maintenance of Garrison from the very people against whom only the troops could ever, by possibility, be locally used: and that they had accordingly thought it better taste and more prudent to content themselves with showing that the expenses of living here were already very large, and that further burthens would seriously interfere with the growth of the place.

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Thus,

But in case you were not satisfied with the submissive and not addicted tone, contrary to acts of turbulence or revolt, they felt it would have been unbecoming in them to say so in their memorial, as it was against Chinese Custom and rules of propriety for humble suppliants to extol themselves. Meaning thereby, as I understood them, that reasonable exception might have been taken to a Memorial against the maintenance of Garrison from the very people against whom only the troops could ever, by possibility, be locally used: and that they had accordingly thought it better taste and more prudent to content themselves with showing that the expenses of living here were already very large, and that further burthens would seriously interfere with the growth of the place.

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is the solution.