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but that I might make sure by his means of knowing of my Code's reaching
the Empress's hand. He advised me by all means to dedicate
it to her at once, to send copies over there, and to give one to
the Russian Ambassador here. He says that unless some such
method as that was taken, and in short unless She was expressly
given to understand that the Author would be glad to be in
her service she would never think of taking any personal
notice of him: for except the people of the navy, they have
no idea there that an Englishman would be willing to quit
his own country to go and live there. He says he knows a
good deal about Russia having been a good deal in Prussia
in Poland, and in other countries upon the confines of the
Russian dominions, and I am not sure whether he has been
any where within those dominions — He gives but a poor
account of the Grand Duke, he says he is a poor
. He was knows his person perfectly well having
been for half an hour together so close as almost to touch
him, at a Ball where the K. of Prussia was also present,
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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