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parts not without destroying the other ; yet who shall be certain that one alone will triumph ? Two gladiators have sometimes perished together by their mutual aim . " The Author writes with great keenness against republicans in politics , and socinians in religion ; and though he affects the manner of the satyrist , he is well qualified to manage the weapons of controversy . Sketches and Observations made in a Tour through various Parts of Europein the
, Years 1792 , 1793 , and 1794 .. Kvo . 6 s . boards , Johnson . OUR readers must not expect any very profound observations from a traveller whose device seems to be that of young Rapid in Mr . Morton ' s play , * Push on , push on , demme , keep moving : ' but they will find a natural representation of the state of the country , when the republican arms first threatened the independence of Germany , in the following passages : ' This morning , in passing from Frankfort on the Maine to Wisbaden , I
had a complete view of the cannonading of Mayence . We were so very near as to hear the bells in the churches with the utmost distinctness . They were all ringing to call the unfortunate inhabitants to mass , to pray for the safety of the town . The cannonading from the French army appeared to be heavy and constantly kept up , the return from the town was only at distant intervals . I think I never felt an equal interest in any thing in my whole life ; whilst at the same moment , and on the very same eminence where we stood , were several German peasants engaged in ploughing and-other field work , with as much sangfroid as if nothing in the world was going forward .
although the cannons were roaring all around them . Our journey from Frankfort until we reached Coblenrz was very distressing .. We overtook not less than two hundred officers and gentlemen of the aristocratic party , who were flying for their lives . They had , some of them , been one and two nights on horseback , and themselves and horses appeared quite exhausted with fatigue . They would every now and then stop our carriage , and enquire with the utmost solicitude , what we knew of the French army , and would sometimes
ask us whether we would recommend their flight . ' The Author gives the following singular account 01 the population ol the city of Naples . c The population of this city is commonl y estimated at about three hundred and fifty thousand 5 of this number may be reckoned upwards of thirty thousand lawyers , a military force consisting of more than twenty thousand , the lazzaro ' ni , generally reckoned at forty thousand , fifteen thousand lacqueys ,
who run before the carriages , and fifteen thousand who stand behind them : the rest of the people may be divided into nobles , clergy , and beggars . ' Concerning that unfortunate transaction , the evacuation of Toulon , we find some original information in a subsequent letter , concluded by the following reflection . ; that , by the best calculation , Toulon cost , whilst in our possesion , from twenty to twenty five thousand pounds per day . ' The style of this lively traveller is always spirited , and tolerably correct : though we have remarked some inaccuracies , and more vulgarisms , in the course of his composition .
Memoirs of the Life of Lord Loval ; . •written b y himself iu the French Language , aiidutno first translated from the ori ginal Manuscript . Zvo . 6 s . boards . Nicof . THOUGH there can be no doubt of the authenticity of these Memoirs , yet , when the character of their unfortunate author is considered , they are not so interesting as might . have been expected . The far greater part relates to himself , in the way of vindication against the calumnies with which he had been assailed . The most interesting part of the . work is the description of
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parts not without destroying the other ; yet who shall be certain that one alone will triumph ? Two gladiators have sometimes perished together by their mutual aim . " The Author writes with great keenness against republicans in politics , and socinians in religion ; and though he affects the manner of the satyrist , he is well qualified to manage the weapons of controversy . Sketches and Observations made in a Tour through various Parts of Europein the
, Years 1792 , 1793 , and 1794 .. Kvo . 6 s . boards , Johnson . OUR readers must not expect any very profound observations from a traveller whose device seems to be that of young Rapid in Mr . Morton ' s play , * Push on , push on , demme , keep moving : ' but they will find a natural representation of the state of the country , when the republican arms first threatened the independence of Germany , in the following passages : ' This morning , in passing from Frankfort on the Maine to Wisbaden , I
had a complete view of the cannonading of Mayence . We were so very near as to hear the bells in the churches with the utmost distinctness . They were all ringing to call the unfortunate inhabitants to mass , to pray for the safety of the town . The cannonading from the French army appeared to be heavy and constantly kept up , the return from the town was only at distant intervals . I think I never felt an equal interest in any thing in my whole life ; whilst at the same moment , and on the very same eminence where we stood , were several German peasants engaged in ploughing and-other field work , with as much sangfroid as if nothing in the world was going forward .
although the cannons were roaring all around them . Our journey from Frankfort until we reached Coblenrz was very distressing .. We overtook not less than two hundred officers and gentlemen of the aristocratic party , who were flying for their lives . They had , some of them , been one and two nights on horseback , and themselves and horses appeared quite exhausted with fatigue . They would every now and then stop our carriage , and enquire with the utmost solicitude , what we knew of the French army , and would sometimes
ask us whether we would recommend their flight . ' The Author gives the following singular account 01 the population ol the city of Naples . c The population of this city is commonl y estimated at about three hundred and fifty thousand 5 of this number may be reckoned upwards of thirty thousand lawyers , a military force consisting of more than twenty thousand , the lazzaro ' ni , generally reckoned at forty thousand , fifteen thousand lacqueys ,
who run before the carriages , and fifteen thousand who stand behind them : the rest of the people may be divided into nobles , clergy , and beggars . ' Concerning that unfortunate transaction , the evacuation of Toulon , we find some original information in a subsequent letter , concluded by the following reflection . ; that , by the best calculation , Toulon cost , whilst in our possesion , from twenty to twenty five thousand pounds per day . ' The style of this lively traveller is always spirited , and tolerably correct : though we have remarked some inaccuracies , and more vulgarisms , in the course of his composition .
Memoirs of the Life of Lord Loval ; . •written b y himself iu the French Language , aiidutno first translated from the ori ginal Manuscript . Zvo . 6 s . boards . Nicof . THOUGH there can be no doubt of the authenticity of these Memoirs , yet , when the character of their unfortunate author is considered , they are not so interesting as might . have been expected . The far greater part relates to himself , in the way of vindication against the calumnies with which he had been assailed . The most interesting part of the . work is the description of