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Confessions Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Book Seven: Part 3
From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
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Book Seven: Part 3
On another occasion I relieved from difficulty solely by my own means, and almost without the assistance of any other person, the captain of a merchant-ship. This was one Captain Olivet, from Marseilles: the name of the vessel I have forgotten. His men had quarrelled with some Slavonians in the service of the republic, some violence had been committed, and the vessel was under so severe an embargo that nobody except the master was suffered to go on board, or leave it, without permission. He applied to the ambassador, who would hear nothing he had ...
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