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<head><foreign>Epithalamica</foreign></head> <p> Wednesday April 23<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> at night</p> <p> I have been trying to get some lights out of Smirnef about | <head><foreign>Epithalamica</foreign></head> <p> Wednesday April 23<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> at night</p> <p> I have been trying to get some lights out of Smirnef about Orsina: but<lb/>he is dark as pitch. I asked him whether he knew of any lady of <lb/> one of the first families (Remember, Mr Two shoes you said one of the first<lb/> families) who had no husband living & only one daughter who was just <lb/> of age. He knew of no such person. I asked him when a girl was <lb/> of age to dispose herself in marriage? I could not get any distinct answer<lb/> to that neither. He seemed however to think that no girl who had a mother<lb/> living could dispose of herself at any age without her mother's consent, <lb/> unless <sic>empower'd</sic> to do so by the fathers will. And as to the marriage<lb/> of a girl of the greek religion with a man of another religion <gap/> was <lb/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> thought of asking him<gap/> <gap/> <lb/> He <gap/> <gap/> the Russian Statutes at large, and is to raise <gap/> <lb/> what he finds in a day or two. I did not tell him you <gap/> <gap/> <lb/> party concerned: but neither had I any apprehension of what might<lb/> be his suspicions. As you say the whole Court is up in arms about<lb/> it, every thing of a <gap/> is out of the question. You ninniest of all <lb/> ninny-hammers ! as if after describing her to the knowledge of any body<lb/> that could have opened the letter at Petersburgh, you could not as well<lb/> have told her name. It would be a great <unclear>treat</unclear> for example to ask<lb/> Q.S.P. if her name were <foreign><gap/></foreign> : Princess <foreign><gap/></foreign> <!-- Russian name --> <foreign>altenda</foreign> that <lb/> one of the <sic>Dutchess's</sic> of Courland the last before <sic>Mad:<hi rend="superscript">lle</hi></sic> Anderson was a <lb/> Princess <foreign><gap/>; | ||
</foreign> whom poor Lohman upon my mentioning her, called <lb/> an old whore.</p> <p> Smyrnof was as busy as a bee packing up fine things in abundance<lb/> for Count Sellakoff; the man that <gap/> commanded a Russian<lb/> army.</p> | </foreign> whom poor Lohman upon my mentioning her, called <lb/> an old whore.</p> <p> Smyrnof was as busy as a bee packing up fine things in abundance<lb/> for Count Sellakoff; the man that <gap/> commanded a Russian<lb/> army.</p> | ||
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Epithalamica
Wednesday April 23d at night
I have been trying to get some lights out of Smirnef about Orsina: but
he is dark as pitch. I asked him whether he knew of any lady of
one of the first families (Remember, Mr Two shoes you said one of the first
families) who had no husband living & only one daughter who was just
of age. He knew of no such person. I asked him when a girl was
of age to dispose herself in marriage? I could not get any distinct answer
to that neither. He seemed however to think that no girl who had a mother
living could dispose of herself at any age without her mother's consent,
unless empower'd to do so by the fathers will. And as to the marriage
of a girl of the greek religion with a man of another religion was
thought of asking him
He the Russian Statutes at large, and is to raise
what he finds in a day or two. I did not tell him you
party concerned: but neither had I any apprehension of what might
be his suspicions. As you say the whole Court is up in arms about
it, every thing of a is out of the question. You ninniest of all
ninny-hammers ! as if after describing her to the knowledge of any body
that could have opened the letter at Petersburgh, you could not as well
have told her name. It would be a great treat for example to ask
Q.S.P. if her name were : Princess altenda that
one of the Dutchess's of Courland the last before Mad:lle Anderson was a
Princess ;
whom poor Lohman upon my mentioning her, called
an old whore.
Smyrnof was as busy as a bee packing up fine things in abundance
for Count Sellakoff; the man that commanded a Russian
army.
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