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Life Of Philip Egalite, Late Duke Of Orleans.
Mr . Necker furnished him with new means of success . He connected himself more intimately than ever with that minister , and , colouring his private views with the appearance of the public good , he soon converted that foreigner into one of his most zealous partisans . The Duke of Orleans found means to conciliate the favour of a great number of the members of the states-general , and Mirabeau , who could never
resist gold , became his creature . To the arts , intrigues , and money of this prince , we are indebted for the revolution . It was under his auspices that the Jacobin club orig inated ; his palace became the center of all the insurrections , of all the incendiary motions , of all the sanguinary measures , which were at this period unceasingly directed against the " supreme authority .
Supported by a large body of the members of the legislature , flattered by the journalists in his pay , surrounded by a crowd of minions , and adored by a deluded populace , the ambition of Philip began to expand , and he now aspired at nothing less than the throne . But his crimes were unaccompanied by courage , The lion darts npon his prey , and ' seizes it at once ; the reptile attempts it by a winding and crooked path . The fifth and sixth of Oftober afford an explanation of the base and criminal means by which this monster attempted the diadem : but the manifeft protection of heaven saved the lives of the foyereigns of
France , and defeated his guilty intentions . ' These events at length opened the eyes of his partisans . Those who once thought . that he acted from motives similar to their own npw took the alarm , and Baillie * , La Fayettef , and SieyesJ , perceiving their patron to be influenced by interested views ,, began to desert him . _ . He was accordingly obliged soon after to leave France , and repair tp Englandunder pretence of being loyed on some secret mission j
, emp but his retreat is tp be ascribed solely to his own fear , and the remonstrances of the king , who had biit top much reason to be discontented with his conduct , On his return Philip entered into all . the intrigues of the fiuillants , ¦ th e jacobins , and the maratisis . Every body is acquainted with the indecent ardour which he displayed while co-operatingin the most
_ . violent measures of the new constitution , even in those which despoiled him of his rig hts as a prince of the blood , and a gentleman . Thi ^ apparent disinterestedness was calculated to gain the mob , for'this monster renounced every thing , merel y that he mig ht invade what did
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Life Of Philip Egalite, Late Duke Of Orleans.
Mr . Necker furnished him with new means of success . He connected himself more intimately than ever with that minister , and , colouring his private views with the appearance of the public good , he soon converted that foreigner into one of his most zealous partisans . The Duke of Orleans found means to conciliate the favour of a great number of the members of the states-general , and Mirabeau , who could never
resist gold , became his creature . To the arts , intrigues , and money of this prince , we are indebted for the revolution . It was under his auspices that the Jacobin club orig inated ; his palace became the center of all the insurrections , of all the incendiary motions , of all the sanguinary measures , which were at this period unceasingly directed against the " supreme authority .
Supported by a large body of the members of the legislature , flattered by the journalists in his pay , surrounded by a crowd of minions , and adored by a deluded populace , the ambition of Philip began to expand , and he now aspired at nothing less than the throne . But his crimes were unaccompanied by courage , The lion darts npon his prey , and ' seizes it at once ; the reptile attempts it by a winding and crooked path . The fifth and sixth of Oftober afford an explanation of the base and criminal means by which this monster attempted the diadem : but the manifeft protection of heaven saved the lives of the foyereigns of
France , and defeated his guilty intentions . ' These events at length opened the eyes of his partisans . Those who once thought . that he acted from motives similar to their own npw took the alarm , and Baillie * , La Fayettef , and SieyesJ , perceiving their patron to be influenced by interested views ,, began to desert him . _ . He was accordingly obliged soon after to leave France , and repair tp Englandunder pretence of being loyed on some secret mission j
, emp but his retreat is tp be ascribed solely to his own fear , and the remonstrances of the king , who had biit top much reason to be discontented with his conduct , On his return Philip entered into all . the intrigues of the fiuillants , ¦ th e jacobins , and the maratisis . Every body is acquainted with the indecent ardour which he displayed while co-operatingin the most
_ . violent measures of the new constitution , even in those which despoiled him of his rig hts as a prince of the blood , and a gentleman . Thi ^ apparent disinterestedness was calculated to gain the mob , for'this monster renounced every thing , merel y that he mig ht invade what did