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<p>on account of some tracasseries<!-- in english dictionaries apparently, albeit derived from french, so not marked "foreign" --> he has had with the Parliament<unclear>s</unclear>. | |||
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He was concerned for that great rascal as he <add>is</add> thought <unclear>to here</unclear> at least | |||
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the Duc d'Aiguillon. I asked him about Marmontit<!-- Marmontel? --> - he knew | |||
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nothing of him - D'Alembert — he was his mortal enemy. | |||
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Helvetius — he was a good sort of a man enough — a well | |||
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-meaning man - but D'Alembert with all his pretensions | |||
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to Philosophy &c was the veriest <hi rend="underline"><foreign>intriguant</foreign></hi> that ever lived. | |||
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Linget is a professed advocate (so at least I have been told) in | |||
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his books for despotism and domestic Slavery. You may imagine | |||
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I have no great <hi rend="underline"><foreign>envie</foreign></hi> to be very intimate with him. | |||
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But I <del><gap/></del> shall probably find means to make him of use to | |||
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me in<del><gap/></del> two or three particulars. I mean by giving me information | |||
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in two or three points.</p> | |||
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on account of some tracasseries he has had with the Parliaments.
He was concerned for that great rascal as he is thought to here at least
the Duc d'Aiguillon. I asked him about Marmontit - he knew
nothing of him - D'Alembert — he was his mortal enemy.
Helvetius — he was a good sort of a man enough — a well
-meaning man - but D'Alembert with all his pretensions
to Philosophy &c was the veriest intriguant that ever lived.
Linget is a professed advocate (so at least I have been told) in
his books for despotism and domestic Slavery. You may imagine
I have no great envie to be very intimate with him.
But I shall probably find means to make him of use to
me in two or three particulars. I mean by giving me information
in two or three points.
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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