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Honore Gabriel Riquetti, Count De Mirabeau;
HONORE GABRIEL RIQUETTI , COUNT DE MIRABEAU ;
THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE OF THE LATE
TRANSLATED FROM AN EDITION- JUST PUBLISHED IN PARIS , BY A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY .
NATURE produces to the world , at different periods , persons , who for their striking traits of characterand singularity attract the attention of mankind even at the most remote periods ' either serving as models of imitation , or as objects of our discrust ' Ihus for our instruction , the industry of man has transmitted to our times the names and actions of Socrates and Fenelon of N ? m and Marcus Aureiiusof Raveillac and of
, Cartouche Honore Gabriel Riquetti , the hero of our present narrative , was born at Paris m 1749 , his mother Louise deCaraman , and his father Georges Philippe Riqueth , Marquis de Mirabeau , author of the Ami des Hommes . The first years of his life announced and in his
portrayed various actions , every thing that a mind so little susceptible of moral refinement could arrive to , and to a discerning eye there will appear 111 his youth the same restlessness of temper , which continuall y actuated his riper years . J He performed with eclat the . character of gambler and m-eque with his companions , and by his natural propensity for evcess ind an intriguing he that
manner , performed part far above mediocrity insolence towards his interiors , which too often borders on contempt :, aaded to an insufferable hauteur towards his equals , poroflh a J aS at the seventh ' as at the f ° rtieth year His fathera man of a benevolent heart and well versed
, in the knowledge of men , of whom he had long publicly declared himself the friend and advocate , in a manner well known to the public beheld with regret the vices and irregularities of a son so little worthy of such a parent .
The Marquis often endeavoured to correct , by his paternal lessons , the turbulent pass ons of his son , but Riquetti " ejected his councils with disdain and indi gnation ; viewing with indiffer-S ? ? atT ^ i" 1 d ?* K he resented ^ contemp and insult , the . nendl y check and parental admonition . This youn ^ man , whom scarce any one could conceive to be capable of such an hornd act , had actuall y prepared poison to dispacbhis fSe when it was providentiall y discovered by the activity and discern '
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Honore Gabriel Riquetti, Count De Mirabeau;
HONORE GABRIEL RIQUETTI , COUNT DE MIRABEAU ;
THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE OF THE LATE
TRANSLATED FROM AN EDITION- JUST PUBLISHED IN PARIS , BY A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY .
NATURE produces to the world , at different periods , persons , who for their striking traits of characterand singularity attract the attention of mankind even at the most remote periods ' either serving as models of imitation , or as objects of our discrust ' Ihus for our instruction , the industry of man has transmitted to our times the names and actions of Socrates and Fenelon of N ? m and Marcus Aureiiusof Raveillac and of
, Cartouche Honore Gabriel Riquetti , the hero of our present narrative , was born at Paris m 1749 , his mother Louise deCaraman , and his father Georges Philippe Riqueth , Marquis de Mirabeau , author of the Ami des Hommes . The first years of his life announced and in his
portrayed various actions , every thing that a mind so little susceptible of moral refinement could arrive to , and to a discerning eye there will appear 111 his youth the same restlessness of temper , which continuall y actuated his riper years . J He performed with eclat the . character of gambler and m-eque with his companions , and by his natural propensity for evcess ind an intriguing he that
manner , performed part far above mediocrity insolence towards his interiors , which too often borders on contempt :, aaded to an insufferable hauteur towards his equals , poroflh a J aS at the seventh ' as at the f ° rtieth year His fathera man of a benevolent heart and well versed
, in the knowledge of men , of whom he had long publicly declared himself the friend and advocate , in a manner well known to the public beheld with regret the vices and irregularities of a son so little worthy of such a parent .
The Marquis often endeavoured to correct , by his paternal lessons , the turbulent pass ons of his son , but Riquetti " ejected his councils with disdain and indi gnation ; viewing with indiffer-S ? ? atT ^ i" 1 d ?* K he resented ^ contemp and insult , the . nendl y check and parental admonition . This youn ^ man , whom scarce any one could conceive to be capable of such an hornd act , had actuall y prepared poison to dispacbhis fSe when it was providentiall y discovered by the activity and discern '