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"the <sic>Embassador</sic> nor have I touched a farthing of <gap/> our salaries. If it | <p>"the <sic>Embassador</sic> nor have I touched a farthing of <gap/> our salaries. If it | ||
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"had not been for the friends I have here, I should have found it | "had not been for the friends I have here, I should have found it | ||
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"that L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Chesterfield uses in speaking of our Monarchy, is but too applicable | "that L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Chesterfield uses in speaking of our Monarchy, is but too applicable | ||
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"to us still. <del>Loh</del> What I tell you is but too true. | "to us still. <del>Loh</del> What I tell you is but too true. <unclear>Lohmen</unclear> | ||
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"who is passionately fond of his country, may be apt for that reason | |||
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"to put a better face upon things than in strictness they will bear.</p> | |||
"In Astracan we have no Dock Yard. No aatention is paid at | |||
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"present to the Caspian Sea. Our attention is at present <gap/>ed exclusively | |||
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"to the <add>Baltic & the</add> navigation of the Black Sea. At Taganroc, a <unclear>port</unclear> on the | |||
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"Black Sea we have a Dock Yard. At Taganroc if your Brother was | |||
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"Shipbuilder he might do very well, provided he were upon good | |||
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"terms with the Admiral (Commissioner) | |||
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"the Embassador nor have I touched a farthing of our salaries. If it
"had not been for the friends I have here, I should have found it
"difficult to subsist. IYou have seen the little colony that we have here
"to study Agriculture. If supplies do not come soon I must e'en ship
"them back again <unclear>for</unclear> for Petersburgh. The expression "beggarly grandeur"
"that Ld Chesterfield uses in speaking of our Monarchy, is but too applicable
"to us still. Loh What I tell you is but too true. Lohmen
"who is passionately fond of his country, may be apt for that reason
"to put a better face upon things than in strictness they will bear.
"In Astracan we have no Dock Yard. No aatention is paid at
"present to the Caspian Sea. Our attention is at present ed exclusively
"to the Baltic & the navigation of the Black Sea. At Taganroc, a port on the
"Black Sea we have a Dock Yard. At Taganroc if your Brother was
"Shipbuilder he might do very well, provided he were upon good
"terms with the Admiral (Commissioner)
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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