{"id":11764,"date":"2021-11-12T21:56:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T21:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/madame-proctor-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:47:29","slug":"madame-proctor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/youth\/madame-proctor-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Elisabeth Proctor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sono incantato della vostra amabile Lettera Signora,<a href=\"#_edn1\">[a]<\/a> ma posso assecurarvi che il Sig<a href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Perret<a href=\"#_edn2\">[b]<\/a> a voluto adularmi quando ha detto che io sapevo l\u2019italiano. \u2012 Vi confesso che [non]<a href=\"#_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a> ho bastantemente talento per capire tutto cio che mi si dice.<a href=\"#_ftn3\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a> \u2014 Spero se fossi piu [tempo] nella vostra gratiosa societa aquistare quelle cognizioni che mi mancano \u2012 per[che] io credo che avete assai pazienza per me. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vous me pardonnerez Madame de ce que j\u2019ai prit la libert\u00e9 de vous avoir dit: c\u2019est seulement sous le pr\u00e9texte d\u2019apprendre la langue italienne que j\u2019ai pu avoir courage. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vous m\u2019avez promis, de me consoler ~~~ eh bien, c\u2019est \u00e1 vous [\u00e1] pr\u00e9sent de me pardonner ~~ c\u2019est tout ce que j\u2019ose suppl\u00e9er de vous. \u2014\u2012 Vous [etes] la plus s\u00e9duisante personne que je n\u2019ai jamais vue \u2013 sachez que j\u2019ai bien peur de [vous] ~ J\u2019aimerois vous voir toujours quoique je devrois vous \u00e9viter par tout, parce qu\u2019il n\u2019y a [rien] de plus sur que je serois entrain\u00e9 tellement par vos charmes qu\u2019enfin enflamm\u00e9 d\u2019une [passion] malheureuse, \u00e1 laquelle vous ne r\u00e9pondriez jamais \u2014 vous feriez mon malheur \u2013 ce que vous ne d\u00e9sirez certainement pas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Je vous prie Madame d\u2019agr\u00e9er les sentiments de mon plus profond respect [Est] ce que j\u2019ose esp\u00e9rer de recevoir une r\u00e9ponse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Signore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Words that are illegible due to binding but can be inferred are given in square brackets based on information provided by Gyula Viszota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with wavy line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\">[a]<\/a> On 13 December 1814 Sz\u00e9chenyi met Elisabeth Proctor and her husband at the Italian Foreign Minister Mario Mastrizzi marchese del Gallo (1753\u20131833), the Duke of Gallo, and copied part of his correspondence with her in his diary. SzIN 1. 66-73. Elisabeth Proctor\u2019s letters to Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi, December 1814. MNL OL P 626\u20131.\u20131814.\u2013No.14\u201323.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\">[b]<\/a> Mr Perret, Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s Italian language teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended reference: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Edited and annotated by Szilvia Czinege. Published in Correspondence of Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi. Digital edition. Edited by Szilvia Czinege and Zolt\u00e1n F\u00f3nagy. https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/ Abbreviation for further references: SzIL-Digit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He is delighted with her kind reply. He assures her that Perret was only complimenting her when he claimed that he spoke Italian. 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