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Notwithstanding his attachm . itt-t-s-thfs party , he continued long iii a state of obscurity , aud the parties into which the assembly was divided , rather despised than courted him . At length , by applauding tbe most daring notions in Politics , and carressing the desperate party which surro _ H _ deu him , he became President of the Jacobin Club ; and from this event we may date the orig in of that power to which he afterwards attained . The principal events of the subsequent periods of bis life are well known > indeed they short account of his
are written in the best blood of France . With a person we shall conclude our extrafts from the present work . ' Robespierre , so deformed both in mind and character , was scarcely less so with respeft to his exterior , and never had a plotting- man so few means to make himself followed even by the rabble-. His figure , ill delineated , without regularity , without proportion , without . grace iri the outline , was something above the middle size . He had in his hands , shoulders , neck , and eyes , a
convulsive motioni His physiognomy , his look , were without expression ; He carried on his livid countenance , on his brow , which he often wrinkled * the traces of a choleric disposition . His manners were brutal , his gait was at once abrupt and heavy . The harsh inflections of his voice Struck the ear disagreeably ; he screeched rather than spake : a residence iri the capital had not been able to overcome entirely the harshness of his articulation . ' In the pronunciation of many words his provincial accent was discoverable ; and this deprived his speech of all melody ; 1 Although he had a very good si ght , in the last year of- his life he never appeared without spectacles . This fashion had been introduced by the same
Franklin of whom I have spokeft above . Franklin , old and infirm , could not do without this help : but being held to be skilled in philosophy , and profound in politics , this double reputation was sought by assuming this trait of resemblance to an old man , whose organs were not less enfeebled b y disease than by age . At that time , even young men , from sixteen to eighteen , were proud of walking abroad with spectacles , and esteemed as an ornament this mark of decay , which old age feels a repugnancy at employing .
Selfconceit thus found " its account in the adoption of this outre custom . An idea . Was entertained that it was a wise policy not to allow the impressions made by external objects to . he divined by the motions of the eyes . Many of the little tools of office have adopted this opinion , and , by appearing in public with the sig ht thus veiled , have wished to have it thought that they are statesmen . It is probable , that in Consequence of entertaining this opinion , Robespierre meant in this way to throw a veil over his eyes , which could
hot , however , hide his incapacity . ' Monsieur Montjoye , the author of this volume , is already well known to the world , as the wrifer of a work intituled , ' The History of the Conspiracy of Orleans , ' and several other historical pieces . He appears to us throughout , from the accuracy and care with which he relates every particular , to proceed on the very best evidence and information ; and we have no doubt that every f __ £ _ he relates is supported b y the most authentic documents Our readers will find in the former part of our present number an extract from this work , containing , the particulars of the death of Robespierre , aud the rest of the conspirators .
_ Vr % ' Travels into tbe Interior Parts of Africa , by the }' / ay of tlie Cape of Good Hope , in tit Tears 178 } , S 4 , and 85 . Translated from the French of Le Vaillant . 3 vols . 8 w . Pages about loco . Price lis . boards . Robinsons . ^ CONCLUDED n _ O .-r . 0 tfR LAST . 2 IN our two last numbers we have given extracts relative to the domestic manners of the Colonists , and the country in . the nei ghbourhood of the Cape . VOL . vnt . Ii k
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Review Of New Publications.
Notwithstanding his attachm . itt-t-s-thfs party , he continued long iii a state of obscurity , aud the parties into which the assembly was divided , rather despised than courted him . At length , by applauding tbe most daring notions in Politics , and carressing the desperate party which surro _ H _ deu him , he became President of the Jacobin Club ; and from this event we may date the orig in of that power to which he afterwards attained . The principal events of the subsequent periods of bis life are well known > indeed they short account of his
are written in the best blood of France . With a person we shall conclude our extrafts from the present work . ' Robespierre , so deformed both in mind and character , was scarcely less so with respeft to his exterior , and never had a plotting- man so few means to make himself followed even by the rabble-. His figure , ill delineated , without regularity , without proportion , without . grace iri the outline , was something above the middle size . He had in his hands , shoulders , neck , and eyes , a
convulsive motioni His physiognomy , his look , were without expression ; He carried on his livid countenance , on his brow , which he often wrinkled * the traces of a choleric disposition . His manners were brutal , his gait was at once abrupt and heavy . The harsh inflections of his voice Struck the ear disagreeably ; he screeched rather than spake : a residence iri the capital had not been able to overcome entirely the harshness of his articulation . ' In the pronunciation of many words his provincial accent was discoverable ; and this deprived his speech of all melody ; 1 Although he had a very good si ght , in the last year of- his life he never appeared without spectacles . This fashion had been introduced by the same
Franklin of whom I have spokeft above . Franklin , old and infirm , could not do without this help : but being held to be skilled in philosophy , and profound in politics , this double reputation was sought by assuming this trait of resemblance to an old man , whose organs were not less enfeebled b y disease than by age . At that time , even young men , from sixteen to eighteen , were proud of walking abroad with spectacles , and esteemed as an ornament this mark of decay , which old age feels a repugnancy at employing .
Selfconceit thus found " its account in the adoption of this outre custom . An idea . Was entertained that it was a wise policy not to allow the impressions made by external objects to . he divined by the motions of the eyes . Many of the little tools of office have adopted this opinion , and , by appearing in public with the sig ht thus veiled , have wished to have it thought that they are statesmen . It is probable , that in Consequence of entertaining this opinion , Robespierre meant in this way to throw a veil over his eyes , which could
hot , however , hide his incapacity . ' Monsieur Montjoye , the author of this volume , is already well known to the world , as the wrifer of a work intituled , ' The History of the Conspiracy of Orleans , ' and several other historical pieces . He appears to us throughout , from the accuracy and care with which he relates every particular , to proceed on the very best evidence and information ; and we have no doubt that every f __ £ _ he relates is supported b y the most authentic documents Our readers will find in the former part of our present number an extract from this work , containing , the particulars of the death of Robespierre , aud the rest of the conspirators .
_ Vr % ' Travels into tbe Interior Parts of Africa , by the }' / ay of tlie Cape of Good Hope , in tit Tears 178 } , S 4 , and 85 . Translated from the French of Le Vaillant . 3 vols . 8 w . Pages about loco . Price lis . boards . Robinsons . ^ CONCLUDED n _ O .-r . 0 tfR LAST . 2 IN our two last numbers we have given extracts relative to the domestic manners of the Colonists , and the country in . the nei ghbourhood of the Cape . VOL . vnt . Ii k