"A. des C.:Combien avez-vous de soldats?
Croutef.:Quatre-vingt mille, fort médiocrement payés.
A. des C.: Et de talapoins?
Cr.:Cent vingt-mille, tous fainéans et trés riches," etc.

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[178—to R.C. Dallas]

Newstead Abbey, September 4th, 1811.

My dear Sir,—

[I]

am at present anxious, as Cawthorn seems to wish it, to have a small edition of the