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The Influence Of Power Over Friendship.

in the preceding century , Tycho Brahe , des Cartes and Leibnitz , a : l enjoyed the ? ociety of snonarchs , by whom thsy had been , eated with marks of esteem ; but confidence and freedom did 0 t preside in this too unequal intercourse . Of these , Frederic ave " the first example , in which unfortunately for his fame , he jr ^ -ot to persist . He sent his friend the Baron de Keyserlingto

, isit the deities of Cirey , and to bear his portrait and manuscripts j Voltaire ; the philosopher was moved , perhaps flattered , by this omage ; but his greatest pleasure was the prospect of a Prince , sstined to reign , who loved literature , and was the friend of p hi- » jsophv , and the foe of superstition ; he hoped the author of the tnti-Machiavel would be a pacific monarchand he took serious

, elight , in secretly printing the book , which he believed must ind the Prince to virtue , for fear of betraying his own priniples . ; and of reading his condemnation in the work he himself had written . When Frederic ascended the throne , he testified no change , but ; mained the friend of Voltaire . The cares of government did

ot enfeeble his love of poetry , nor his avidity to possess the unublished writings of Voltaire , which were read by scarcely any xcept himself and Madame du Chatelet . Yet one of his first ieps , was to suspend the publication of his Anti-Machiavel ; Vollire obeyed , and the corrections which he had made with regret

? ere rendered fruitless . His desire that his disciple , now a King , should enter into a mbiic engagement , which should secure his adherence to philoophic maxims , was increased . Pie went to meet him at Wesel , nd was astonished to see a young monarch , in an uniform , on a amp bed , shivering with a fever . But his fever did not prevent im from profiting bhis neihbourhood to the principality of

y g iege , and enforcing the payment of a forgotten debt from the n ' shop . Voltaire wrote the Memorial , which was supported by he bayonet , and he returned to Paris well satisfied to have found lis hero an amiable man . But he refused the offers of the King , who wished to draw him to Prussia , and preferred the friendship ) f Madame du Chatelet , to the favor of a monarch whom he

adnired . The Silesian war had not interrupted the correspondence beweeii the King and Voltaire . Frederic sent poetry from the iekl , while preparing for battle , or amid the tumult of victory , ind Voltaire continuing to praise his military fame , never ceased : o preach humanity and peace . Voltaire at length yielded to the invitations of the King of

Prussia , and accepted the title of Chamberlain , the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit , and a pension of 20 , 000 livres . In" his own country , he saw himself the object of envy and hatred to men of letters , although he never had been their opponent in soliciting for places and pensions ; never had humbled them by his criti-

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LONDON: Article 3
Untitled Article 4
ADDRESS TO THE MASONIC BODY, AND PUBLIC IN GENERAL. Article 5
EXPLANATION OF THE ENGRAVINGS. Article 8
EMBELLISHMENTS for No. II. Article 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 8
Untitled Article 9
ON THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF MASONRY. Article 9
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES. Article 12
TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE GRAND LODGE, OF THE ANCIENT FRATERNITY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND. Article 17
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, GRAND MASTER OF THE MOST ANCIENT AND HONORABLE SOCIETY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, Article 19
THE HISTORY OF FRANCE. Article 20
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA: Article 25
HONORE GABRIEL RIQUETTI, COUNT DE MIRABEAU; Article 30
TRAITS IN THE LIFE OF COUNT DE BUCKEBOURG. Article 33
AN EASTERN NOVEL. Article 36
PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE REIGN OF JULIAN, Article 41
AN APPEAL ON THE AFFAIRS OF POLAND. Article 45
THE INFLUENCE OF POWER OVER FRIENDSHIP. Article 48
SINGULAR ANEDOTE OF M. CHARNACE. Article 52
AN ESSAY ON PATIENCE. Article 53
ESSAY ON CHOLER. Article 54
LAW CASE. Article 56
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ATHENIANS. Article 57
DECLARATION Article 61
A SPECIES OF DECEPTION, Article 63
SINGULAR ANECDOTE OF AFFECTION. Article 64
DR. WILLIAM ROBERTSON. Article 65
ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. Article 67
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 68
FINE ARTS. Article 70
STRATAGEM OF A FRENCH COMEDIAN. Article 71
A POEM, ON THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 73
THE DEBTOR. Article 74
PIERCEFIELD WALKS, Article 76
PASTORAL STANZAS, Article 77
By the Same. Article 78
FOREIGN OCCURRENCES. Article 79
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 82
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The Influence Of Power Over Friendship.

in the preceding century , Tycho Brahe , des Cartes and Leibnitz , a : l enjoyed the ? ociety of snonarchs , by whom thsy had been , eated with marks of esteem ; but confidence and freedom did 0 t preside in this too unequal intercourse . Of these , Frederic ave " the first example , in which unfortunately for his fame , he jr ^ -ot to persist . He sent his friend the Baron de Keyserlingto

, isit the deities of Cirey , and to bear his portrait and manuscripts j Voltaire ; the philosopher was moved , perhaps flattered , by this omage ; but his greatest pleasure was the prospect of a Prince , sstined to reign , who loved literature , and was the friend of p hi- » jsophv , and the foe of superstition ; he hoped the author of the tnti-Machiavel would be a pacific monarchand he took serious

, elight , in secretly printing the book , which he believed must ind the Prince to virtue , for fear of betraying his own priniples . ; and of reading his condemnation in the work he himself had written . When Frederic ascended the throne , he testified no change , but ; mained the friend of Voltaire . The cares of government did

ot enfeeble his love of poetry , nor his avidity to possess the unublished writings of Voltaire , which were read by scarcely any xcept himself and Madame du Chatelet . Yet one of his first ieps , was to suspend the publication of his Anti-Machiavel ; Vollire obeyed , and the corrections which he had made with regret

? ere rendered fruitless . His desire that his disciple , now a King , should enter into a mbiic engagement , which should secure his adherence to philoophic maxims , was increased . Pie went to meet him at Wesel , nd was astonished to see a young monarch , in an uniform , on a amp bed , shivering with a fever . But his fever did not prevent im from profiting bhis neihbourhood to the principality of

y g iege , and enforcing the payment of a forgotten debt from the n ' shop . Voltaire wrote the Memorial , which was supported by he bayonet , and he returned to Paris well satisfied to have found lis hero an amiable man . But he refused the offers of the King , who wished to draw him to Prussia , and preferred the friendship ) f Madame du Chatelet , to the favor of a monarch whom he

adnired . The Silesian war had not interrupted the correspondence beweeii the King and Voltaire . Frederic sent poetry from the iekl , while preparing for battle , or amid the tumult of victory , ind Voltaire continuing to praise his military fame , never ceased : o preach humanity and peace . Voltaire at length yielded to the invitations of the King of

Prussia , and accepted the title of Chamberlain , the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit , and a pension of 20 , 000 livres . In" his own country , he saw himself the object of envy and hatred to men of letters , although he never had been their opponent in soliciting for places and pensions ; never had humbled them by his criti-

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