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"perhaps that I should do as well to confine myself to my Chapel.</p> | "perhaps that I should do as well to confine myself to my Chapel.</p> | ||
"In Russia, I am sorry to say it, | <p>"In Russia, I am sorry to say it, projects of improvement <add>even</add> when | ||
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"<del>attended <unclear>to</unclear></del> <add>adopted</add> are very unsteadily pursued. Many are <unclear>began</unclear><!-- begun? --> & neglected | |||
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"every day. At Taganroc a port on the Black Sea 3 Scotchmen | |||
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"went from the <sic>Foundery</sic> at Carron in Scotland, to cast Cannon. | |||
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"When they came there, there was no work for them to do. They did | |||
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"not know what to do with themselves. They took to drinking. They | |||
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"petitioned for work to the Commissioner there who is called Admiral | |||
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"but none was given them. At last they said it was to <gap/> | |||
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"their staying there if the could get no work; it was picking the Empress's | |||
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"pocket: <add>they would therefore go back again to Petersburgh:</add> & so they did. Being Englishmen, this liberty <unclear>though</unclear> | |||
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"it occasioned <sic>surprize</sic>, was pardoned, & they <del>went back again.</del> <add>returned to Taganroc.</add></p> | |||
"Peculation which is said to be but too much studied <hi rend="underline">here</hi>, is the | |||
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"chief and in a manner the only study <hi rend="underline">there</hi>. When Adm. Knowles was | |||
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"well taken that I should interfere so much as I do in promoting projects
"of education & other matters for the good of my country. It is thought
"perhaps that I should do as well to confine myself to my Chapel.
"In Russia, I am sorry to say it, projects of improvement even when
"attended to adopted are very unsteadily pursued. Many are began & neglected
"every day. At Taganroc a port on the Black Sea 3 Scotchmen
"went from the Foundery at Carron in Scotland, to cast Cannon.
"When they came there, there was no work for them to do. They did
"not know what to do with themselves. They took to drinking. They
"petitioned for work to the Commissioner there who is called Admiral
"but none was given them. At last they said it was to
"their staying there if the could get no work; it was picking the Empress's
"pocket: they would therefore go back again to Petersburgh: & so they did. Being Englishmen, this liberty though
"it occasioned surprize, was pardoned, & they went back again. returned to Taganroc.
"Peculation which is said to be but too much studied here, is the
"chief and in a manner the only study there. When Adm. Knowles was
"there
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Jeremy Bentham |
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