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of the house at night <add>as it were</add> by stealth. When they had been<lb/> | <p>of the house at night <add>as it were</add> by stealth. When they had been<lb/> | ||
a whole night at his friend <unclear>that</ | a whole night at his friend <unclear>that</unclear> D<hi rend="superscript">r'</hi>, then he was ready<lb/> | ||
to have them searched by any honest man; by which,<lb/> | to have them searched by any honest man; by which,<lb/> | ||
as he declared, he meant to exclude every one of the<lb/> | as he declared, he meant to exclude every one of the<lb/> | ||
English here. My Brother, you will observe, all this while<lb/> | English here. My Brother, you will observe, all this while<lb/> | ||
on his journey. I, three miles off at | on his journey. I, three miles off at Zadobras. But from the reports<lb/> | ||
made me, I | made me, I expected for some time I should have had any life to defend<lb/> | ||
<note>against a man to<lb/> | <note>against a man to<lb/> | ||
whom I had never given<lb/> | whom I had never given<lb/> | ||
the shadow of an <unclear> | the shadow of an offence.</note></p> | ||
<p>For some days, he persisted in declaring his resolutions<lb/> | |||
of following my Brother to Cherson: but as his<lb/> | |||
fair friend was bound for <unclear>Pirga</unclear>, it was prophecied that<lb/> | |||
that attraction would prevail, and so it proved. He set<lb/> | |||
off with her about ten days after my Brothers' departure.<lb/> | |||
</p> | |||
<p>You will observe that in his <add>first</add> letter, though full of ill<lb/> | |||
humor <del>and <unclear>much</unclear> there</del> he does not so much as pretend<lb/> | |||
any cause of complaint against my Brother. No<lb/> | |||
more has he ever, by word of mouth. His only grievance<lb/> | |||
was <add>as you will see</add>, an expression charged upon me, and which I have<lb/> | |||
a notion did once fall from me amongst many more<lb/> | |||
expressions of regard in speaking of him to his friend<lb/> | |||
the D<hi rend="superscript">r</hi>. If I do not misrecollect, it is a pretty exact<lb/> | |||
copy of an expression of yours' applied to the same<lb/> | |||
subject. He had taken care, however, before he wrote<lb/> | |||
that letter to take the fullest vengeance which his tongue<lb/> | |||
would enable him to take of any injuries he might have<lb/> | |||
received. He <del>told the English ha</del> gave the people here to understand<lb/> | |||
in the most express terms that my Brothers'<lb/> | |||
affairs were in a bankrupt state, advising them to<lb/> | |||
look to themselves and to get what they could of him as<lb/> | |||
fast as possible: <del>he <unclear>go</unclear></del> and my Brother found that<lb/> | |||
he had given similar account to all his friends to<lb/> | |||
whom his recommendations <add>and countenance</add> had procured him access.<lb/> | |||
The cloth you find alluded to was some cloth <add>to the amount of between 5 <gap/> a book </add> which<lb/> | |||
my Brother hat got over from England upon his credit<lb/> | |||
in the view of putting a little money into Benson's pocket, and<lb/> | |||
if</p> | |||
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of the house at night as it were by stealth. When they had been
a whole night at his friend that Dr', then he was ready
to have them searched by any honest man; by which,
as he declared, he meant to exclude every one of the
English here. My Brother, you will observe, all this while
on his journey. I, three miles off at Zadobras. But from the reports
made me, I expected for some time I should have had any life to defend
against a man to
whom I had never given
the shadow of an offence.
For some days, he persisted in declaring his resolutions
of following my Brother to Cherson: but as his
fair friend was bound for Pirga, it was prophecied that
that attraction would prevail, and so it proved. He set
off with her about ten days after my Brothers' departure.
You will observe that in his first letter, though full of ill
humor and much there he does not so much as pretend
any cause of complaint against my Brother. No
more has he ever, by word of mouth. His only grievance
was as you will see, an expression charged upon me, and which I have
a notion did once fall from me amongst many more
expressions of regard in speaking of him to his friend
the Dr. If I do not misrecollect, it is a pretty exact
copy of an expression of yours' applied to the same
subject. He had taken care, however, before he wrote
that letter to take the fullest vengeance which his tongue
would enable him to take of any injuries he might have
received. He told the English ha gave the people here to understand
in the most express terms that my Brothers'
affairs were in a bankrupt state, advising them to
look to themselves and to get what they could of him as
fast as possible: he go and my Brother found that
he had given similar account to all his friends to
whom his recommendations and countenance had procured him access.
The cloth you find alluded to was some cloth to the amount of between 5 a book which
my Brother hat got over from England upon his credit
in the view of putting a little money into Benson's pocket, and
if
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