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<p>will go another which was given to some People whom my Brother | |||
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had occasion to send to <sic>Kremenchuk</sic> some weeks ago, but | |||
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who brought it back t'other day, not having passed your | |||
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way.</p> | |||
<p>I don't go to any of your Poles; for I don't see any body | |||
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nor go any where, consequently I <sic>sha'n't</sic> go to Petersburg | |||
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with my Brother, nor even with you; having nothing | |||
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so much at heart, I should say, having nothing else at | |||
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heart, but the finishing a scribbling Job, I want to | |||
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dispatch out of hand, that I may leave this blessed | |||
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Country, where there is not a printing Press within | |||
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500<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> miles of one, meaning however to scramble | |||
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back some how or other after a reasonable time.</p> | |||
<p>If there should be time we shall send you a Copy | |||
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of Count Mellin's Letter, not that you deserve from us | |||
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That or any other Token of remembrance; are not | |||
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you a Shabby fellow to let Countess Scavrouski go | |||
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away (to whom, by the bye, you gave a <foreign>grand fête</foreign> | |||
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it seems and so forth) without sending us a single | |||
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Line; notwithstanding that before she left you, your | |||
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affair with Mellin, of which however she did not | |||
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say a Syllable, must have been over.</p> | |||
<p>In short we have not had a line from you since | |||
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you have been at <sic>Kiow</sic>, nor I think since that scrap | |||
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of one from Dubranka, notwithstanding the numerous | |||
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and weighty commissions with which we honoured you | |||
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as to the six horses you were to have taken us <add>in</add> to buy | |||
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of you, my Brother says you may keep them to feed | |||
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Crows with: he is become very uppish since the</p> | |||
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will go another which was given to some People whom my Brother
had occasion to send to Kremenchuk some weeks ago, but
who brought it back t'other day, not having passed your
way.
I don't go to any of your Poles; for I don't see any body
nor go any where, consequently I sha'n't go to Petersburg
with my Brother, nor even with you; having nothing
so much at heart, I should say, having nothing else at
heart, but the finishing a scribbling Job, I want to
dispatch out of hand, that I may leave this blessed
Country, where there is not a printing Press within
500d miles of one, meaning however to scramble
back some how or other after a reasonable time.
If there should be time we shall send you a Copy
of Count Mellin's Letter, not that you deserve from us
That or any other Token of remembrance; are not
you a Shabby fellow to let Countess Scavrouski go
away (to whom, by the bye, you gave a grand fête
it seems and so forth) without sending us a single
Line; notwithstanding that before she left you, your
affair with Mellin, of which however she did not
say a Syllable, must have been over.
In short we have not had a line from you since
you have been at Kiow, nor I think since that scrap
of one from Dubranka, notwithstanding the numerous
and weighty commissions with which we honoured you
as to the six horses you were to have taken us in to buy
of you, my Brother says you may keep them to feed
Crows with: he is become very uppish since the
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