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<p> at his <foreign> | <p> at his <foreign>Sang Froid</foreign>, and could not easily reconcile themselves<lb/> to it, It was the only crime they had to impute <lb/> to him — how often would they say to me, <hi rend="underline">ah! <foreign> Monsieur<lb/> que votre ami seroit charmant, sans cet air d'indifférence<lb/> dont il est toujours revetee — Philosophe à cet<lb/> age! il faut etre vraiment <sic>anglois.</sic></foreign></hi>. Your brother <lb/> as if offended with these female exclamations,<lb/> hasted to undeceive them, and too soon <sic>shewed</sic> <lb/> how erroneous was their Judgement on his score.<lb/> You may well guess, Sir, that with the conclusion <lb/> formed of his being a rigid sectary of Zeno, every <lb/> belle despaired of captivating him, for the difficulty<lb/> of Subduing the heart of a Stoician is not disbelieved<lb/> in this country: The happy lot was destined to my<lb/> Sister, who amongst the Moscovites appeared the <lb/> fairest to Sam's observing Eye, and kindled a gentle <lb/> passion in his <hi rend="underline">vacant</hi> heart, whose plentitude <lb/> would have sensibly <sic>oppress'd </sic> him, had we <sic>staid | ||
</sic><lb/> much longer at Moscow. I will own to you, Sir, <lb/> that attached as I am to my Sister, I formed a <lb/> thousand projects on Sam's partiality for her, <lb/> I wished | </sic><lb/> much longer at Moscow. I will own to you, Sir, <lb/> that attached as I am to my Sister, I formed a <lb/> thousand projects on Sam's partiality for her, <lb/> I wished and tried to create a reciprocity of <lb/> feelings between them, and should have infallibly <lb/> succeeded, had not a crowd of obstacles, independent <lb/> of us three, appeared against my enterprise, <lb/> obstacles which I cannot help considering as mere<lb/> stubbornness, founded on prejudice and Superstition.</p> | ||
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at his Sang Froid, and could not easily reconcile themselves
to it, It was the only crime they had to impute
to him — how often would they say to me, ah! Monsieur
que votre ami seroit charmant, sans cet air d'indifférence
dont il est toujours revetee — Philosophe à cet
age! il faut etre vraiment anglois.. Your brother
as if offended with these female exclamations,
hasted to undeceive them, and too soon shewed
how erroneous was their Judgement on his score.
You may well guess, Sir, that with the conclusion
formed of his being a rigid sectary of Zeno, every
belle despaired of captivating him, for the difficulty
of Subduing the heart of a Stoician is not disbelieved
in this country: The happy lot was destined to my
Sister, who amongst the Moscovites appeared the
fairest to Sam's observing Eye, and kindled a gentle
passion in his vacant heart, whose plentitude
would have sensibly oppress'd him, had we staid
much longer at Moscow. I will own to you, Sir,
that attached as I am to my Sister, I formed a
thousand projects on Sam's partiality for her,
I wished and tried to create a reciprocity of
feelings between them, and should have infallibly
succeeded, had not a crowd of obstacles, independent
of us three, appeared against my enterprise,
obstacles which I cannot help considering as mere
stubbornness, founded on prejudice and Superstition.
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Sergius Pleschejeff |
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