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<p> | <p>He makes me Lieutenant Colonel in the Army with a <lb/>a Promise of promoting me as soon as possible to <lb/> Colonel, perhaps within a year, to give me 1200<lb/> <sic>Rubles | ||
</sic> Salary, and as much more for | </sic> Salary, and as much more for Table money.<lb/> As to Employment I am to do any thing I think<lb/>myself fit for, and Choose to do. He tells me he<lb/>means to transport the Dock yard below the Barr<lb/> and I may have the directing the New One. He <lb/> means I should direct <sic>Planing</sic> Machines and<lb/>any other Machines useful under his Commands, which <lb/> are no less than all Machines possible, for his immediate<lb/> Command is all the Southern Part of the Country, and his <lb/> indirect Command is the whole Empire, but he is so <lb/> indolent as not to have given yet the necessary orders<lb/> to take me under his Command. Every thing I propose<lb/> to him he accedes to, but <sic>do's</sic> nothing. He treats<lb/> me with uncommon attention. I go to him at <lb/> all times, He speaks to me whenever I come into <lb/> the Room, giving me the <foreign><hi rend="underline">bonjour</hi></foreign>, and makes <lb/> me sit down when Stars and <sic>Ribbands</sic> may <lb/>come ten times without his asking them to sit<lb/> down or even looking at them; but I have had <lb/> enough of such unavailing distinctions </p> <p> This situation however will enable me to live<lb/> comfortably enough, the only two ways in which<lb/> I foresee it will assist my pursuits are by — <lb/> furnishing means of proving the Success of such<lb/> Inventions as may become profitable, either in other<lb/> Parts of the Country or in England, or even I other <lb/>Countries, and by enabling me to protect such<lb/> People as I may take to my assistance and who </p> | ||
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He makes me Lieutenant Colonel in the Army with a
a Promise of promoting me as soon as possible to
Colonel, perhaps within a year, to give me 1200
Rubles
Salary, and as much more for Table money.
As to Employment I am to do any thing I think
myself fit for, and Choose to do. He tells me he
means to transport the Dock yard below the Barr
and I may have the directing the New One. He
means I should direct Planing Machines and
any other Machines useful under his Commands, which
are no less than all Machines possible, for his immediate
Command is all the Southern Part of the Country, and his
indirect Command is the whole Empire, but he is so
indolent as not to have given yet the necessary orders
to take me under his Command. Every thing I propose
to him he accedes to, but do's nothing. He treats
me with uncommon attention. I go to him at
all times, He speaks to me whenever I come into
the Room, giving me the bonjour, and makes
me sit down when Stars and Ribbands may
come ten times without his asking them to sit
down or even looking at them; but I have had
enough of such unavailing distinctions
This situation however will enable me to live
comfortably enough, the only two ways in which
I foresee it will assist my pursuits are by —
furnishing means of proving the Success of such
Inventions as may become profitable, either in other
Parts of the Country or in England, or even I other
Countries, and by enabling me to protect such
People as I may take to my assistance and who
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