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recommendations to the principle people <unclear>if</unclear> different parties.</p> | recommendations to the principle people <unclear>if</unclear> different parties.</p> | ||
If therefore you write immediately to Paris your letter may<lb/> | <p>If therefore you write immediately to Paris your letter may<lb/> | ||
arrive there perhaps before me for although I hope to set off<lb/> | arrive there perhaps before me for although I hope to set off<lb/> | ||
in a week or ten days at furthest I shall probably stop a few<lb/> | in a week or ten days at furthest I shall probably stop a few<lb/> | ||
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in the disputes which <unclear>ferment</unclear> so violently in France. I have read<lb/> | in the disputes which <unclear>ferment</unclear> so violently in France. I have read<lb/> | ||
some hundreds of pages of verbiage on <foreign>Liberte</foreign> and <foreign>droits<lb/> | some hundreds of pages of verbiage on <foreign>Liberte</foreign> and <foreign>droits<lb/> | ||
d'homme</foreign> which a few lines of your principles would show as clear<lb/> | d'homme</foreign> which a few lines of your principles would show as clear<lb/></p> | ||
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Jassy Jany 12th OS 1791
Here am I still waiting for I know not what, in expectation
of setting off every day for England: but at the same time every
event influencable by the first here is so uncertain, that I
can scarcely prevail on myself to take any step preparative
to my departure. The reason of my writing to you now is
to tell you that I mean to take Paris in my way and may
stop there a few days or a fortnight according as what is going on
there may more or less interest me. Count Langeron a Colonel
in the French service & Volunteer with us furnishes me with
recommendations to the principle people if different parties.
If therefore you write immediately to Paris your letter may
arrive there perhaps before me for although I hope to set off
in a week or ten days at furthest I shall probably stop a few
days at Vienna. — Have you published anything since
the defense of ? have<foreign>foreign language text</foreign> you not been tempted to meddle
in the disputes which ferment so violently in France. I have read
some hundreds of pages of verbiage on Liberte and droits
d'homme which a few lines of your principles would show as clear
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