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Chapter 102 In mentioning the word gay (as in the close of the last chapter) it puts one (i.e. an author) in mind of the word spleenespecially if he has any thing to say upon it: not that by any analysisor that from any table of interest or genealogy, there appears much more ground of alliance betwixt them, than betwixt light and darkness, or any two of the most unfriendly opposites in natureonly tis an undercraft of authors to keep up a good understanding amongst words, as politicians do amongst mennot knowing how near they may be under a necessity of placing them to each otherwhich point being now gaind, and that I may place mine exactly to my mind, I write it down here Spleen. This, upon leaving Chantilly, I declared to be the best principle in the world to travel speedily upon; but I gave it only as matter of opinion. I still continue in the same sentimentsonly I had not then experience enough of its working to add this, that though you do get on at a tearing rate, yet you get on but uneasily to yourself at the same time; for which reason I here quit it entirely, and for ever, and tis heartily at any ones serviceit has spoiled me the digestion of a good supper, and brought on a bilious diarrhoea, which has brought me back again to my first principle on which I set outand with which I shall now scamper it away to the banks of the Garonne No;I cannot stop a moment to give you the character of the people their geniustheir mannerstheir customstheir lawstheir religion their governmenttheir manufacturestheir commercetheir finances, with all the resources and hidden springs which sustain them: qualified as I may be, by spending three days and two nights amongst them, and during all that time making these things the entire subject of my enquiries and reflections Stillstill I must awaythe roads are pavedthe posts are shortthe days are longtis no more than noonI shall be at Fontainebleau before the king Was he going there? not that I know End of the Third Volume. |
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