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The Life Of Prince Potemkin.
tollussm ; and to obtain the grand ribbon of St . George ; the only decoration that was wanting to his vanity . But with these latter triumphs the term of his life expired . He died in Moldavia , almost on asuoaen ; and his death , lamented by his nieces and a small circle o : Inencis , only served to r & ise the avidity of his rivals , eager to divide ins spoils ; he was then consi to total oblivion
gned . _ ' Like the rapid flight of a " brilliant meteor which astonishes us by its coruscation , but is devoid of solidity , Potemkin began everything competed nothing , deranged the finances , disorganized the army , depopulated his country , and enriched it with new desarts . The fame of the Empress was encreased by his conquests . From thpse
sue derived admiration , and her Minister hatred . Posterity , adherim ? to stnQer justice , will- perhaps divide between them the glory of success and the severity of reproach . It will not bestow on Potemkin the title or a great man ; but it will cite him as an extraordinary character ; and , if his portrait be drawn with accuracy , he might be empire ** * ""'' emblem ' as a livin 2 ima S of the Russian
' lie was , in fact , colossal , resembling Russia . His mind , like that _ country was cultivated in part ; fertile districts and desart plains . It discoverer , something of the Asiatic cast , that of the European , of the Tartarian , and the Kosac ; the rudeness of the eleventh , and the coriuption of the ei ghteenth century ; the superficial knowledge of the aits and the barren i of the cloister
, gnorance , the exterior of avilmuon , and many traces of barbarism . In a word , if we mio-ht venture the comparison , hi * two eyes , the one open and the other ccru / T ! , f - th 5 Euxine ' "' ways open ; and the northern ocean , so long closed with ice . '
PotJmHn ° -iM f may - appear gig'antic ' those ' "owever , who knew i o emiun will oear witness to its truth . His eccentricities were very domfn ? ° T without them , perhaps , he would neither \ yj a do ee , ed over |„ Soverei gn , nor enslaved his country . Chance pr-erved Tn 'r "'^ ' " " ^ ^ ^ ° Ught f ° haVC been * ° rder t 0 havc pi-. enea so long Ins influence over so extraordinary a woman .
Optimism: A Dream.
OPTIMISM : A DREAM .
^ f CONTINUED FROM PAGE 168 . ] ^ T our approach , the gates of the temple opened of their own the 1 ? ° " V W f en r ei , ' ed ' j " t ! le ; ' suddf nIy clo *«< "pon us , with Ch f thuiu nder il !
oD ' " ? ° , , er ' " an « sible l ^ nd . * No one can Srn ? - ,, r , - Ca " , ShUt t ! ' ' powferfuI V 0 ice of God ^ is the , " , ' - , aUgUSt Pr ° "a ° ' - - Seized with respect , I read coi . ee-i ' ° i , , 7 M , n etters ofgold : ' God is J - his ™ « "JnculeJ ; who shall presume to fathom his decrees ?'
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Life Of Prince Potemkin.
tollussm ; and to obtain the grand ribbon of St . George ; the only decoration that was wanting to his vanity . But with these latter triumphs the term of his life expired . He died in Moldavia , almost on asuoaen ; and his death , lamented by his nieces and a small circle o : Inencis , only served to r & ise the avidity of his rivals , eager to divide ins spoils ; he was then consi to total oblivion
gned . _ ' Like the rapid flight of a " brilliant meteor which astonishes us by its coruscation , but is devoid of solidity , Potemkin began everything competed nothing , deranged the finances , disorganized the army , depopulated his country , and enriched it with new desarts . The fame of the Empress was encreased by his conquests . From thpse
sue derived admiration , and her Minister hatred . Posterity , adherim ? to stnQer justice , will- perhaps divide between them the glory of success and the severity of reproach . It will not bestow on Potemkin the title or a great man ; but it will cite him as an extraordinary character ; and , if his portrait be drawn with accuracy , he might be empire ** * ""'' emblem ' as a livin 2 ima S of the Russian
' lie was , in fact , colossal , resembling Russia . His mind , like that _ country was cultivated in part ; fertile districts and desart plains . It discoverer , something of the Asiatic cast , that of the European , of the Tartarian , and the Kosac ; the rudeness of the eleventh , and the coriuption of the ei ghteenth century ; the superficial knowledge of the aits and the barren i of the cloister
, gnorance , the exterior of avilmuon , and many traces of barbarism . In a word , if we mio-ht venture the comparison , hi * two eyes , the one open and the other ccru / T ! , f - th 5 Euxine ' "' ways open ; and the northern ocean , so long closed with ice . '
PotJmHn ° -iM f may - appear gig'antic ' those ' "owever , who knew i o emiun will oear witness to its truth . His eccentricities were very domfn ? ° T without them , perhaps , he would neither \ yj a do ee , ed over |„ Soverei gn , nor enslaved his country . Chance pr-erved Tn 'r "'^ ' " " ^ ^ ^ ° Ught f ° haVC been * ° rder t 0 havc pi-. enea so long Ins influence over so extraordinary a woman .
Optimism: A Dream.
OPTIMISM : A DREAM .
^ f CONTINUED FROM PAGE 168 . ] ^ T our approach , the gates of the temple opened of their own the 1 ? ° " V W f en r ei , ' ed ' j " t ! le ; ' suddf nIy clo *«< "pon us , with Ch f thuiu nder il !
oD ' " ? ° , , er ' " an « sible l ^ nd . * No one can Srn ? - ,, r , - Ca " , ShUt t ! ' ' powferfuI V 0 ice of God ^ is the , " , ' - , aUgUSt Pr ° "a ° ' - - Seized with respect , I read coi . ee-i ' ° i , , 7 M , n etters ofgold : ' God is J - his ™ « "JnculeJ ; who shall presume to fathom his decrees ?'