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The Stage.
Then shall we ovyn the triumph only thine , Where dignity and tenderness combine , In ev ' ry gentle and impressive part With pow ' r resistless to enchain the heart . To thee , when YATES shall court the private shade , The sorrowing muse must fondl y seek for aid ,
By thee alone , dear wand ' rer , then display The melting force of her pathetic jay . - . - ( To be continued . )
Character Of Louis The Sixteenth.
CHARACTER OF LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH .
BY MADAME ROLAND .
From Miss WILLIAMS ' . ? Sketch of the Politics of France . LOUIS XVI . behaved to his ministry \ yith the greatest good humour . This man was not precisely such a personage as he has been industriously represented b y those who were interested in degrading him . He was neither that stupid sot which he has been held
out to be for the purpose of exciting contempt , nor thatpolite , good and affectionate character for which his friends have extolled him . Nature had formed him in a common kind of mould : he would have acted well in an obscure situation ; but he was depraved by a royal education , and lost his moderation at a critical period , in which his safety could have been effected-only by the assistance of genius or virtue .
^ A cotrimpn mind , educated at court , and taught from the cradle the art of dissembling , acquires many advantages in its commerce with mankind . The art of discovering to each no more than he would wish him to know , is only a habit , to which constant exercise gives the appearance of address ; and a man must be born an idiot , in order to appear a fool in a similar situation . .- . "
Louis XVI . had besides a good memory , and a great share of activity ; he never was a moment unemployed , and read a o-bod deal . He had the most perfect and minute knowled ge of all the treaties made by France with the neighbouring powers ; he was well acquainted with its histon * , and was the best geogntpherin his kingdom . Knowledge of names ; the just application of them to the ' phisiognomies of the persons of the court to whom they belonged ;
acquaintance with al ! their private anecdotes , had been extended by him to every individual , who had at all distinguished himself in the revolution ; and no one of any quality or descri ption could be mentioned to him , of whom he could not give some kind of information founded on their private history . But Louis XVI . without streno-th of character , was confined in his views , and had twisted ks it were his feelings by superstitious prejudices and Jesuitical principles . The great ideas of relig ion , the belief of a God , and the assurance ofim-
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The Stage.
Then shall we ovyn the triumph only thine , Where dignity and tenderness combine , In ev ' ry gentle and impressive part With pow ' r resistless to enchain the heart . To thee , when YATES shall court the private shade , The sorrowing muse must fondl y seek for aid ,
By thee alone , dear wand ' rer , then display The melting force of her pathetic jay . - . - ( To be continued . )
Character Of Louis The Sixteenth.
CHARACTER OF LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH .
BY MADAME ROLAND .
From Miss WILLIAMS ' . ? Sketch of the Politics of France . LOUIS XVI . behaved to his ministry \ yith the greatest good humour . This man was not precisely such a personage as he has been industriously represented b y those who were interested in degrading him . He was neither that stupid sot which he has been held
out to be for the purpose of exciting contempt , nor thatpolite , good and affectionate character for which his friends have extolled him . Nature had formed him in a common kind of mould : he would have acted well in an obscure situation ; but he was depraved by a royal education , and lost his moderation at a critical period , in which his safety could have been effected-only by the assistance of genius or virtue .
^ A cotrimpn mind , educated at court , and taught from the cradle the art of dissembling , acquires many advantages in its commerce with mankind . The art of discovering to each no more than he would wish him to know , is only a habit , to which constant exercise gives the appearance of address ; and a man must be born an idiot , in order to appear a fool in a similar situation . .- . "
Louis XVI . had besides a good memory , and a great share of activity ; he never was a moment unemployed , and read a o-bod deal . He had the most perfect and minute knowled ge of all the treaties made by France with the neighbouring powers ; he was well acquainted with its histon * , and was the best geogntpherin his kingdom . Knowledge of names ; the just application of them to the ' phisiognomies of the persons of the court to whom they belonged ;
acquaintance with al ! their private anecdotes , had been extended by him to every individual , who had at all distinguished himself in the revolution ; and no one of any quality or descri ption could be mentioned to him , of whom he could not give some kind of information founded on their private history . But Louis XVI . without streno-th of character , was confined in his views , and had twisted ks it were his feelings by superstitious prejudices and Jesuitical principles . The great ideas of relig ion , the belief of a God , and the assurance ofim-