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<p> Crime they had to impute to him — how often would they say to me <foreign><hi rend="underline">Ah, Monsieur</hi> | <p> Crime they had to impute to him — how often would they say to me <foreign><hi rend="underline">Ah, Monsieur</hi> | ||
</foreign><lb/><foreign><hi rend="underline">que votre Ami Seriot charmant, Sans cet air d'indifference Peut il est toujours</hi> </foreign><lb/><foreign><hi rend="underline">revetu — Phelosephe a cet age! il faut etre vraiment Anglois.</hi></foreign> Your Brother<lb/>as if offended with those Female exclamations, hasted to undeceive them, and <lb/>too soon <sic>shewed</sic> how erroneous was their Judgement on this Score. You may <lb/>well guess, Sir, that with the Conclusion formed of his being a rigid <unclear>Sestary</unclear> of <lb/>Zeno, every Belle despaired of captivating him, for the difficulty of subduing <lb/>the heart of a <unclear>Stoirian</unclear> is not <sic>disbeliev'd</sic> in this Country: The Happy lot was <lb/> destined to my Sister who amongst the Moscovites appeared the fairest to Sam's <lb/>observing Eye, and kindled a gentle passion in his <hi rend="underline">vacant</hi> Heart, whose <lb/>plentitude would have sensibly oppressed him, had we <sic>staid</sic> much longer at <lb/>Moscow. I will own to you, Sir, that attached as I am to my Sister, I formed<lb/>a thousand projects on Sam's partiality for her, I wished and tried to create a <lb/>reciprocity of feelings between them, and should have infallibly succeeded, had <lb/>not a crowd of Obstacles, independent of us three, appeared against my <lb/>enterprise, obstacles which I cannot help considering as mere stubbornness<lb/>founded on prejudice and superstition. full of disappointment, I hasted our<lb/> departure from Moscow, — a few days travelling brought us here and I was <lb/>happy beyond expectation to see Sam forgot those Charms which could <lb/>prognosticate nothing but Pain, we thought and conversed of things more Solid <lb/>useful and interesting, no sooner arrived here, than a slight indisposition<lb/>confined him to his Room, for <add> a</add> fortnight, after which he was presented to <lb/>the Empress, who saw him with an attentive eye <add> gave him her hand</add> and Smiled when he <sic>Kiss'd</sic> it.<lb/>Sir James Harris who shows him more than common Civilities, has since<lb/>that time introduced him into the best <sic>Societys</sic> at Petersbourg, where he began<lb/>to feel himself quite domiciled, <sic>till</sic> the Empress's Journey to Maguiloff gave<lb/>him a handle of snatching himself away from amidst his Home, a favourable<lb/>Occasion, as he <sic>term'd</sic> it, offered itself for him to see the interior Settlements<lb/>of Russia: an English Merchant, One M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Eaton, a man of a very <sic>Artive</sic> <lb/>Genius, purposing to profit by the trade, commencing between Russia and <lb/>the Levant, by the way of the Black Sea ( he having a House at Constantinople) <lb/>was setting out for the Chorson, a new Settlement of ours not <sic>farr</sic> from Ozacoff, <lb/>where we are making fortifications and introducing a Wharf for building of <lb/> <add> Ships</add> </p> <!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | </foreign><lb/><foreign><hi rend="underline">que votre Ami Seriot charmant, Sans cet air d'indifference Peut il est toujours</hi> </foreign><lb/><foreign><hi rend="underline">revetu — Phelosephe a cet age! il faut etre vraiment Anglois.</hi></foreign> Your Brother<lb/>as if offended with those Female exclamations, hasted to undeceive them, and <lb/>too soon <sic>shewed</sic> how erroneous was their Judgement on this Score. You may <lb/>well guess, Sir, that with the Conclusion formed of his being a rigid <unclear>Sestary</unclear> of <lb/>Zeno, every Belle despaired of captivating him, for the difficulty of subduing <lb/>the heart of a <unclear>Stoirian</unclear> is not <sic>disbeliev'd</sic> in this Country: The Happy lot was <lb/> destined to my Sister who amongst the Moscovites appeared the fairest to Sam's <lb/>observing Eye, and kindled a gentle passion in his <hi rend="underline">vacant</hi> Heart, whose <lb/>plentitude would have sensibly oppressed him, had we <sic>staid</sic> much longer at <lb/>Moscow. I will own to you, Sir, that attached as I am to my Sister, I formed<lb/>a thousand projects on Sam's partiality for her, I wished and tried to create a <lb/>reciprocity of feelings between them, and should have infallibly succeeded, had <lb/>not a crowd of Obstacles, independent of us three, appeared against my <lb/>enterprise, obstacles which I cannot help considering as mere stubbornness<lb/>founded on prejudice and superstition. full of disappointment, I hasted our<lb/> departure from Moscow, — a few days travelling brought us here and I was <lb/>happy beyond expectation to see Sam forgot those Charms which could <lb/>prognosticate nothing but Pain, we thought and conversed of things more Solid <lb/>useful and interesting, no sooner arrived here, than a slight indisposition<lb/>confined him to his Room, for <add> a</add> fortnight, after which he was presented to <lb/>the Empress, who saw him with an attentive eye <add> gave him her hand</add> and Smiled when he <sic>Kiss'd</sic> it.<lb/>Sir James Harris who shows him more than common Civilities, has since<lb/>that time introduced him into the best <sic>Societys</sic> at Petersbourg, where he began<lb/>to feel himself quite domiciled, <sic>till</sic> the Empress's Journey to Maguiloff gave<lb/>him a handle of snatching himself away from amidst his Home, a favourable<lb/>Occasion, as he <sic>term'd</sic> it, offered itself for him to see the interior Settlements<lb/>of Russia: an English Merchant, One M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Eaton, a man of a very <sic>Artive</sic> <lb/>Genius, purposing to profit by the trade, commencing between Russia and <lb/>the Levant, by the way of the Black Sea ( he having a House at Constantinople) <lb/>was setting out for the Chorson, a new Settlement of ours not <sic>farr</sic> from Ozacoff, <lb/>where we are making fortifications and introducing a Wharf for building of <lb/> <add> Ships</add> </p> <!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
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Crime they had to impute to him — how often would they say to me Ah, Monsieur
que votre Ami Seriot charmant, Sans cet air d'indifference Peut il est toujours
revetu — Phelosephe a cet age! il faut etre vraiment Anglois. Your Brother
as if offended with those Female exclamations, hasted to undeceive them, and
too soon shewed how erroneous was their Judgement on this Score. You may
well guess, Sir, that with the Conclusion formed of his being a rigid Sestary of
Zeno, every Belle despaired of captivating him, for the difficulty of subduing
the heart of a Stoirian is not disbeliev'd 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 oppressed 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. full of disappointment, I hasted our
departure from Moscow, — a few days travelling brought us here and I was
happy beyond expectation to see Sam forgot those Charms which could
prognosticate nothing but Pain, we thought and conversed of things more Solid
useful and interesting, no sooner arrived here, than a slight indisposition
confined him to his Room, for a fortnight, after which he was presented to
the Empress, who saw him with an attentive eye gave him her hand and Smiled when he Kiss'd it.
Sir James Harris who shows him more than common Civilities, has since
that time introduced him into the best Societys at Petersbourg, where he began
to feel himself quite domiciled, till the Empress's Journey to Maguiloff gave
him a handle of snatching himself away from amidst his Home, a favourable
Occasion, as he term'd it, offered itself for him to see the interior Settlements
of Russia: an English Merchant, One Mr Eaton, a man of a very Artive
Genius, purposing to profit by the trade, commencing between Russia and
the Levant, by the way of the Black Sea ( he having a House at Constantinople)
was setting out for the Chorson, a new Settlement of ours not farr from Ozacoff,
where we are making fortifications and introducing a Wharf for building of
Ships
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Samuel Bentham |
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