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<p><!-- NB: first word on this page is actually the second half of a line-end hyphenation: the "-popular" from "unpopular". I have united this word on the last line of the preceding page and not therefore shown it here. -->he says are the French in Barcelona, that a Frenchman can hardly | |||
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<sic>shew</sic> his face in the streets there without being insulted. The Revenue-laws | |||
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there seem to be still worse executed in that absolute Monarchy than under | |||
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our <sic>mixt</sic> and limited government: the <add>very</add> Master of the Custom-house had | |||
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been, (he said) on board of him to smuggle.</p> | |||
I happen'd to dine today in company with a M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> John King as he calls | |||
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himself, and the Countess of Lanesborough in Ireland, who pass for man<!-- "Man"? --> and | |||
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Wife. The account that I heard of him from good authority at Florence | |||
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where he has also been, is, that he <add>or</add> is a Jew money-lender or rather was | |||
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while he had money to lend, for now he is more disposed to borrow — that | |||
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he repudiated a Jewess he had to his wife, according to the Jewish Law, | |||
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which however good it may be in the Synagogue is I doubt of no great | |||
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force in such a point in Westminster Hall; that since then he has been | |||
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actually married to Lady Lanesborough, and <hi rend="underline"><foreign>ex</foreign></hi> <hi rend="underline"><foreign>majori</foreign></hi> | |||
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he says are the French in Barcelona, that a Frenchman can hardly
shew his face in the streets there without being insulted. The Revenue-laws
there seem to be still worse executed in that absolute Monarchy than under
our mixt and limited government: the very Master of the Custom-house had
been, (he said) on board of him to smuggle.
I happen'd to dine today in company with a Mr John King as he calls
himself, and the Countess of Lanesborough in Ireland, who pass for man and
Wife. The account that I heard of him from good authority at Florence
where he has also been, is, that he or is a Jew money-lender or rather was
while he had money to lend, for now he is more disposed to borrow — that
he repudiated a Jewess he had to his wife, according to the Jewish Law,
which however good it may be in the Synagogue is I doubt of no great
force in such a point in Westminster Hall; that since then he has been
actually married to Lady Lanesborough, and ex majori
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1785-09-27 |
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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