A woman should not marry a fool; he is the most intractable of all
animals; [; missing]
the King sent orders to all the troops
[text has “to to” at line break]
of an extraordinary docility and acuteness
[text has “exraordinary”]
Your friend’s philosophical caution not to trust
[missing “to” after “not” supplied from London and Dublin
editions]
[final two paragraphs in this installment, Dublin version, with
italics:]
... to gain you for my purpose by _delusive miracles_. These
were the only means left me by the Marquis of F------, for I
could not expect to ensnare you by _apparitions_ of _ghosts_,
after the sensible arguments which he had opposed to your belief
in their existence. Your friend’s philosophical caution not to
trust a man whom you should have caught once in the act of
committing a fraud, obliged me to be on my guard, and I
endeavoured to persuade you that I was a _saint_.
I pronounced the Irishman a _sorcerer_ in order to prejudice you
against him, and to exclude him from all further connection with
you. Thus I gained more than I ever should have done, if I had
pronounced him an impostor, because I had it very much at my
heart to inspire you with a _blind belief_ in supernatural
events of every kind, and a _blind confidence_ in my miracles.
Well may we, then, in such critical emergencies,
[text has “emergences”]
partly through sorrowing for his daughter, [, invisible]
though he overserved the most marked attention to his rival
outwardly [error for observed?]
the terrified Ibrahim immediately opening [text has “Ibramin”]
[Marriages.]
On Thursday evening sen’ight, [error for se’nnight]
What Despots do oppose to Reason’s Laws. [text has “to oppose to”]
Not apt to give, nor slow to take offence;
[text unchanged; original has the same words]