...December 1764. MONSIEUR, — I am a gentleman of an old Scotch family [un ancien gentilhomme ecossois]. You know my rank. I am twenty-four years old. You...hardly a word of French. I have been in Holland and in Germany, but not yet in France. You will therefore excuse my language. I am on my travels, and have...

...December 1764. MONSIEUR, — I am a gentleman of an old Scotch family [un ancien gentilhomme ecossois]. You know my rank. I am twenty-four years old. You...hardly a word of French. I have been in Holland and in Germany, but not yet in France. You will therefore excuse my language. I am on my travels, and have...

...December 1764. MONSIEUR, — I am a gentleman of an old Scotch family [un ancien geniilhomme ecossois]. You know my rank. I am twenty-four years old. You...hardly a word of French. I have been in Holland and in Germany, but not yet in France. You will therefore excuse my language. I am on my travels, and have...

...years old. Now you know my age. Sixteen months ago I left Great Britain a completely insular being, knowing hardly a word of French. I have been in Holland and in Germany, but not yet in France. You will therefore excuse my handling of the language. I am travelling...

...redolent of Boswell's "manly" appreciation of his worth: "I am a gentleman formerly from Scotland. You know my rank. I am twenty-four years old. You know my age. ... I present myself monsieur as a man of singular merit. As a man with a sensitive heart, a quick...

...from the place. J " Val de Travers. December 3rd, 1764. " Sir, — I am an elderly Scotch gentleman. You know my rank. I am twenty-four years old.§ You know my age. Sixteen years ago I left Great Britain, || a good islander with hardly a word of French. I have been...