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by making him the principal & yourself the accessory.

Make Mrs L. introduce you to Mrs Higginbottom. Could
What not you get from her husband a letter to Dr Solander? Swede
knows something of him, but not enough for such a purpose as
that: he might however perhaps by some means or other in some
small degree facilitate the forming the acquaintance.

I have a notion that Mr Lohmenn is a man of
merit: what little I saw of him at Sambouski's I liked much.
He seemed to have an amazing deal of vivacity for a Russian.
You must shew off as much as you can before Lohmenn that he
may report favourably of you to Sambouski. You can learn
from him how the land lies: you can pump him about Sambouski;
about the Ambassador, about the Empress & &.
No tidings yet from Sambouski — this is odd enough.

Q.S.P. did not seem to relish of the thoughts of
it's being understood by other people that you had any notion
of improving yourself by teaching Russian. It would be an acknowledgment
that there was something you still wanted to learn.
I leave it to you to judge how far his may be taken for a sample
of the notions of other half-thinkers.

That cursed fellow Byers has made our breeches
with linings & with but one pocket of a side. I am just
going to put a letter for him into the post scolding him,
and telling him he must be at the expence of the alteration.
I have a notion you will not find yours too little: for
mine are big enough & yours are considerably bigger.
Will you have yours sent you as they are? If you had any
body notable about you, they might take out the lining

Identifier: | JB/538/283/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1779-01-18	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	283	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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