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not wished that I should make an extensive acquaintance.
Cours d'etude pour l'instruction du Prince de Parme
par l'Abbe de Condillac a Parme 1775 16 Vol 8vo.
Voila un livre charmant. Je viens de lire chez un Savant
de ce pays quelques articles de cet ouvrage, entr'autres ce
qui traite des definitions. Je paresurus aussi les sables
des matieres de quelques tomes dout je jus rare.
Dans l Encyclopedie vous trouverez quelque peu de chose
sur l'article Courlande.
Riga Feby 18th. This morning at 4 o'clock I
quitted Mittau, and shall most likely this evening
quit set out from this place for Moscow.
I took leave of the D. & Dss yesterday after dinner with and
was obliged almost to promise to make them another visit
at my return. As I have told you before I can give
not give you any explicit account of my plans: but all
things in general go very exceedingly well except money matters.
I have been as oeconomical as possible without frustrating
my designs but yet I shall have but very
little of my the amount of my letter of credit left by
the time I reach Petersburgh.
I have a vast deal I could wish to say to you but
saying a little of it will be doing nothing. I cannot
have your advice or assistance: but I have of both
from somebody else which is very extremely usefull
to me. If it be possible contrive that I should
have my credit extended: but at the same
time fear not that I shall return home poor.
I cannot but succede in my present pursuits,
I must not set about to give you any account of
Causland at present, although I could do it:
I must let that the rest till a certain time comes
and think of nothing but my affairs farther
Northward. Constantly occupied with future prospects
and thinking no more of past events than as an
assistance to judge of future ones, I cannot bring
myself to write about them.
I can think of nothing but my journey at present
and yet I cant keep this letter back any
longer short as it is you must have it.
Many hundred thousand thanks for the Philosophical
news which you give me. You go on and
uniformly a turning your attention to what you plan
while I am distracted by extraneous events, and can
seldom do any one trifling thing which I promise myself.
You shall hear from me as soon as I arrive at Moscow
but possibly I may stop a little by the way to prepare
some matters. If I do it will be at some public house
where I can eat for 2 or 3 copeks and where
I happen to take the meet with people a landlord whose phisiogonomy is a little civilized.
I have 2 of servants with me both
men of learning. The one really is perfect
master of the French language, the other thinks
himself master of the German. The French
man will translate for me or rather correct
my translation. He has done so already and
I am perfectly content find him amazingly
usefull. My carriage is a miserable
looking old body of a chaise on a Sledge
but I think to go 13 or more English
miles an hour in it. Adieu.
The Frenchman speaks Russ.
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