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' of Hamilton and everybody are fond of him; and he is distractedly fond of his 'mother and sister, and never tires of talking of his brothers. I am sure, my dear, you will do everything in your power to have 'the boys well educated in useful learning; and next to that, endeavour to keep them 'clear of vulgarity and sheepishness. Jack, 'for as much company as he has seen, is yet

a little timid. Use them to speak to 'strangers with good breeding; it is of much 'importance. Pray employ them occasionally

in reading English poetry aloud, and let 'them get it by heart, and pronounce it well, ' and before people without fear. I think this should be a proper and agreeable task

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to Graham, in particular, who possibly may 'be a lawyer; but even if he should choose

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to go into the navy, it will be of use. I

'hope you have no objection to have one of

our brave lads a sailor. As we are to leave "Geneva within about ten or twelve days, you must address no more letters to this 'place. We go by Strasburg into Ger

many, visiting the courts of Manheim, 'Hesse-Cassel, Hanover, and Brunswick. At this last place we shall most probably

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remain for some time. If you have any

thing particular to say, address to me

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under a cover, "A Mon Mon le Duc

'd'Hamilton, poste restante à Manheim en 'Allemagne," and I shall receive the letter 'when we arrive there; but if nothing is pressing, do not write till you hear from me again. I have given Jack an uniform to ap'pear in at the German courts,-red, faced

up with white, white vest and breeches, with 'gold shoulder-knot. I do not think it improbable but I shall see you in summer. We pass the winter certainly in Germany. 'I beg it of you, my dear Jane, not to become 'low-spirited neither in public nor in pri'vate. I wish you would not write to me of "the walls of your closet being witnesses ' of your feelings." What do you think mine are, when you use such expressions? Can I

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help it if I am not so rich as to live without

any separation from those I love? Can I

'help it if I am half-beggared by the villany ' of extravagant adventurers? I wish above 'all things to live with you and my family, ' and will do it as soon as practicable. Once more, I beg you will show your love to me

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by cheerful and active care of yourself and

family, and by enjoying every comfort I can 'afford you.

'J. MOORE.'

John, when nearly fourteen years of age, to his brother James Moore :

• Vienna, Oct. 21st, 1775.

'Je vous suis obligé, mon cher Jamie, 'de votre lettre, elle m'a fait autant

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'plus de plaisir que ça venoit de vous-même 'de m'écrire. J'ai été présenté à l'Impéra'trice et à l'Empereur; pour la première, elle 's'appelle Marie Thérèse. Je ne l'aurois 'jamais crus si fameuse, si on ne me l'avoit pas dit. L'autre est tout-à-fait galant 'homme; il a été très poli vis-à-vis de mon père; ils ont quelquefois de longues con'versations ensemble.

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'J'ai été à plusieurs balles masquées, où on 's'amuse beaucoup; mais aussi je m'applique aux choses utiles cinq ou six heures par 'jour, parceque je suis persuadé que notre. 'cher père sera plus content de voir nous 'autres tous roides mort que bêtes.

'Adieu, cher Jamie,

'JOHN MOORE.'

Dr. Moore to Mrs. Moore :

'Geneva, July 11th, 1776.

'My dear Jane,-We crossed Mount Cenis ' without any accident, and I did not find it 'near so formidable an affair as it had been

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represented. What the Psalmist asserts, a little rashly, of all men, I often repeat,-I have said in my heart that all travellers are ' liars.

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We had a letter from the Duchess (of Argyll), desiring us to stop wherever that 'letter found us till we should hear again 'from her. We received the letter at Turin.

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I wished exceedingly to remain there till

we should hear, but all to no purpose; the

Duke (of Hamilton) was impatient to be at

'Geneva; and when he wishes to be at any place, he wishes at the same time that all 'the space between were annihilated; and his 'wish would be the same though Paradise ' instead of Piedmont had occupied the interval. Jack was as fond as the Duke of ' returning to Geneva, and he is much too strong for me when the Duke is his second. 'We were received by our friends with in'finite kindness, and have been wonderfully 'feasted. Jack quitted Geneva a boy, and 'has returned a man: though he has been 'caressed by all the high and mighty of the

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Republic, and is always invited with the 'Duke and me, yet if, at the same time, he ' has an invitation from any of his old ac

quaintances, of a much humbler class, he 'always prefers the latter. I pressed him 'one day to go with us, because the people ' had insisted particularly on his coming; it 'was to a fine villa, and a most brilliant 'party; I could not prevail; he silenced me with this sentence,-" They who have in

'vited me are poor; they were kind to me when the others did not think me worth

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