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of 2 of <unclear>them</unclear> more than I knew before, although I | <p>of 2 of <unclear>them</unclear> more than I knew before, although I | ||
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<unclear>it</unclear> and when I had given it and was coming out of | <unclear>it</unclear> and when I had given it and was coming out of | ||
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<gap/> last room the guide being <unclear>gone</unclear> before la premiere | <gap/> last room the guide being <unclear>gone</unclear> before <foreign>la premiere | ||
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<gap/> dit à l'<sic>oreile</sic> que (en parlant de la seconde) "elle veut | |||
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<gap/>n<!-- presumably, "un" --> baiser." Eh bien donc ce fut une <hi rend="underline"><unclear>taxe</unclear></hi> dont je ne | |||
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souhaite que personne ne m'<sic>imposeroit</sic> de plus opress<del><gap/></del><add>ife</add></foreign>. | |||
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They both spoke french pretty well english | |||
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and German I believe enough to <sic>shew</sic> their curioities. | |||
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<gap/> the human species to be seen. It was a great | |||
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chance that I found the Professor as <unclear>the</unclear> <del><gap/></del> Va<gap/> | |||
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at this time of the year is for 3 months, <del><gap/></del> <gap/> | |||
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and teachers are all away. <del><gap/></del> There are <unclear>a</unclear> | |||
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great many Russians educated here. This Professor | |||
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<unclear><gap/></unclear> intimate with D<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Musgrave. He <del><gap/></del> spoke of him | |||
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a <del><gap/></del> <add>fellow</add> student of the Greek <gap/>guage. They | |||
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<gap/>died it together at this place <gap/>his man does | |||
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<gap/>died much else. He was <gap/> <foreign><sic>charmè</sic> | |||
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<gap/> l'honneur d'avoir fait <gap/> <gap/><hi rend="underline"><sic>onoisance</sic></hi></foreign> | |||
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<gap/>t that he knows <add>even</add> my name. <del><gap/></del></p> | |||
We have just this instant passed a saw mill, the | |||
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construction of which was very simple so much so | |||
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<gap/>t I have got a very clear idea of it <del><unclear>only</unclear></del> | |||
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<unclear>in</unclear> passing by it <add>it was worked by the wind</add>. | |||
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of 2 of them more than I knew before, although I
repeated the names of a score or two in 3 or 4 different
languages after as pretty a Dutch girl as you will
see in a hundred. When we came to the Nat: Hist:
room another still prettier girl made her appearance
for the purpose of and ran over a score or two more
names in her department but to very little better
purpose. I be was astonished to find females so
well informed in such matters; it must have cost
the Professors some pains to have instructed them.
I believe however I spent about an hour at this
lecture and when I was going my guide gave me
to understand that it was necessary they should have
11 Stivers a piece. I could not very well grudge
it and when I had given it and was coming out of
last room the guide being gone before la premiere
dit à l'oreile que (en parlant de la seconde) "elle veut
n baiser." Eh bien donc ce fut une taxe dont je ne
souhaite que personne ne m'imposeroit de plus opressife.
They both spoke french pretty well english
and German I believe enough to shew their curioities.
It was vacation time and there was not a male
the human species to be seen. It was a great
chance that I found the Professor as the Va
at this time of the year is for 3 months,
and teachers are all away. There are a
great many Russians educated here. This Professor
intimate with Dr Musgrave. He spoke of him
a fellow student of the Greek guage. They
died it together at this place his man does
appear from the very little I judge to have
died much else. He was charmè
l'honneur d'avoir fait onoisance
t that he knows even my name.
We have just this instant passed a saw mill, the
construction of which was very simple so much so
t I have got a very clear idea of it only
in passing by it it was worked by the wind.
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Samuel Bentham |
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