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oberegaЧитаешь письма. Им больше трехсот лет. И не чувствуешь груза веков, не ощущаешь мелодии непонимания. Живой, очень точный, необыкновенно емкий и ироничный язык.
Сейчас бы сказали: "это очень актуально". Но нет. Это очень БЛИЗКО. Это совсем рядом. Это продолжение разговора, неспешной речи, мягкой как слово "soe", четкой как звучание "shutt"... А вы когда-нибудь ощущали себя "замурованным внутри огромного барабана: ...[где] думаешь только о шуме, который производится вокруг тебя"?
For Mr. Henry Savile
Leave itt att the Porters
Lodge in Whitehall, desiring
them to deliver itt wth care & speede
ADDERBURY Teusday the 8th [September 8, 1674]
'Tis not the least of my happinesses that I thinke you love mee, but the first of all my pretentions, is, to make itt appeare that I faithfully endeavour to deserve it, if there bee a reall good upon Earth 'tis in the name of freind, without wch all others are meerly fantasticall, how few of us are fitt stuff to make that thing, wee have dayly the melancholy experience; However Deare Harry let us not give out nor despaire of bringing that about wch as it is the most difficult & rare accident of Life, is allsoe the Best, nay perhaps the only good one; this thought has soe intirely possest mee since I came into the Country (where only one can think, for you att Court thinke not att all or att least as if you were shutt up in a Drumme, you can thinke of nothing but the noise yt is made about you) yt I have made many serious reflections upon it and amongst others gather'd one Maxim wch I desire should bee communicated to our freind Mr. Guy, that wee are bound in morallity and common Honesty to endeavour after competent riches, since it is certain that few men (if any) uneasy in their fortunes have prov'd firme & cleare in the friendshipps; a very poore fellow is a very poore freind, and not one of a thousand can bee good natur'd to another, who is nott pleas'd within himself; but while I grow into Proverbs, I forgett that you may impute my Philosophy to the Doggdayes & living alone; to prevent the inconveniencyes of sollitude and many others; I intend to goe to the Bath on Sunday next in visitation to my Ld. Treasurer, bee soe Pollitick or bee soe kind, (or a little of both wch is better) as to stepp downe thither, if famous affayers att Windsor doe not deteyne you; Deare Harry I am
Your hearty faithfull affectionate
humble servant
ROCHESTER
If you see the Dutch. of. P. very often
take some opportunity to talke to her about
what I spoake to you att London.
Сейчас бы сказали: "это очень актуально". Но нет. Это очень БЛИЗКО. Это совсем рядом. Это продолжение разговора, неспешной речи, мягкой как слово "soe", четкой как звучание "shutt"... А вы когда-нибудь ощущали себя "замурованным внутри огромного барабана: ...[где] думаешь только о шуме, который производится вокруг тебя"?
For Mr. Henry Savile
Leave itt att the Porters
Lodge in Whitehall, desiring
them to deliver itt wth care & speede
ADDERBURY Teusday the 8th [September 8, 1674]
'Tis not the least of my happinesses that I thinke you love mee, but the first of all my pretentions, is, to make itt appeare that I faithfully endeavour to deserve it, if there bee a reall good upon Earth 'tis in the name of freind, without wch all others are meerly fantasticall, how few of us are fitt stuff to make that thing, wee have dayly the melancholy experience; However Deare Harry let us not give out nor despaire of bringing that about wch as it is the most difficult & rare accident of Life, is allsoe the Best, nay perhaps the only good one; this thought has soe intirely possest mee since I came into the Country (where only one can think, for you att Court thinke not att all or att least as if you were shutt up in a Drumme, you can thinke of nothing but the noise yt is made about you) yt I have made many serious reflections upon it and amongst others gather'd one Maxim wch I desire should bee communicated to our freind Mr. Guy, that wee are bound in morallity and common Honesty to endeavour after competent riches, since it is certain that few men (if any) uneasy in their fortunes have prov'd firme & cleare in the friendshipps; a very poore fellow is a very poore freind, and not one of a thousand can bee good natur'd to another, who is nott pleas'd within himself; but while I grow into Proverbs, I forgett that you may impute my Philosophy to the Doggdayes & living alone; to prevent the inconveniencyes of sollitude and many others; I intend to goe to the Bath on Sunday next in visitation to my Ld. Treasurer, bee soe Pollitick or bee soe kind, (or a little of both wch is better) as to stepp downe thither, if famous affayers att Windsor doe not deteyne you; Deare Harry I am
Your hearty faithfull affectionate
humble servant
ROCHESTER
If you see the Dutch. of. P. very often
take some opportunity to talke to her about
what I spoake to you att London.
