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A Review Of The Conduct Of The French
occasionally ventured to , remonstrate , but prudently complied with her exorbitant demands , . without , in any respect , violating their neutrality with the Austrian monarch , their nei g hbour and sincere friend . ' - Mantua , the chief but last depot of the Emperor ' s valorous , but debilitated forces , was obliged to capitulate : necessity , however , forced this measure : meagre famine stared them in the face .
After a siege of eight months , after they had shewn , by their inflexible and magnanimous defence , how far the new republicans were entitled to . the name pf heroes , assumed b y them always with arrogance , and in the big-swelling words of bombast , the Austrians relinquished the contest , and gave up a fortress exceedingly strong , but no longer tenable .
After this conquest the French soon possessed themselves of impotent Rome . By reminding Bologna and Ferrara of their former independance , they artfully withdrew those states from the interest of the Pope . By a similar stratagem , the suggestion of deep cunning , with the newly-conquered countries of -Milan , their arms were successful against the House of Austria . By having recourse to these and various other schemesand aided
, by discontented parties , of which there are always some to be found under the best governments , they formed a cpnsiderable mass of countries into separate republics , who in part voluntarily , and in part compulsatorily , assisted their armies with money , provisions ,
ammunition , clothes , and men . As soon as the Generals ofthe French . Republic , two bold , enterprizing , and sensible men , of Italian descent , were assured of their safety in the North and South of Italy , they forced the hel pless Pope into a humiliating peace : they extorted from him not only his private treasure , but interrogated him respecting his jewels ; they possessed themselves of his other valuablesand left- him nothing but
, his ring , which he held by virtue of his spiritual oflice . By force and violence , they exacted from the country immense contributions in money ; they robb . ecl the innocent people of almost all that was worth taking ; they , in fine , committed such depredations , that the victims of their rapacity will not be able to recover from them for a series of years .
The Directory then sent from Paris a deputation of scientific men , who executed the disgraceful office ofthe SeBores et Exactores ofthe old Romans . These persons selected all that Rome had been collecting formany centuries ; whatever was scarce , whatever was " precious , ' what was to be found no where else , in any spot of the globe ; the labours of artists of the most eminent talentsboth ancient and
, modern ; to examine , to admire , and to copy which , many thousands of artists and travellers from the different parts of the ' world annuall y visited R . ome , and spent large sums in that city , in the gratification Of a noble desire after knowled ge and wisdom . B y this influx of strangers the greater part of the lower class of the , people gained .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Review Of The Conduct Of The French
occasionally ventured to , remonstrate , but prudently complied with her exorbitant demands , . without , in any respect , violating their neutrality with the Austrian monarch , their nei g hbour and sincere friend . ' - Mantua , the chief but last depot of the Emperor ' s valorous , but debilitated forces , was obliged to capitulate : necessity , however , forced this measure : meagre famine stared them in the face .
After a siege of eight months , after they had shewn , by their inflexible and magnanimous defence , how far the new republicans were entitled to . the name pf heroes , assumed b y them always with arrogance , and in the big-swelling words of bombast , the Austrians relinquished the contest , and gave up a fortress exceedingly strong , but no longer tenable .
After this conquest the French soon possessed themselves of impotent Rome . By reminding Bologna and Ferrara of their former independance , they artfully withdrew those states from the interest of the Pope . By a similar stratagem , the suggestion of deep cunning , with the newly-conquered countries of -Milan , their arms were successful against the House of Austria . By having recourse to these and various other schemesand aided
, by discontented parties , of which there are always some to be found under the best governments , they formed a cpnsiderable mass of countries into separate republics , who in part voluntarily , and in part compulsatorily , assisted their armies with money , provisions ,
ammunition , clothes , and men . As soon as the Generals ofthe French . Republic , two bold , enterprizing , and sensible men , of Italian descent , were assured of their safety in the North and South of Italy , they forced the hel pless Pope into a humiliating peace : they extorted from him not only his private treasure , but interrogated him respecting his jewels ; they possessed themselves of his other valuablesand left- him nothing but
, his ring , which he held by virtue of his spiritual oflice . By force and violence , they exacted from the country immense contributions in money ; they robb . ecl the innocent people of almost all that was worth taking ; they , in fine , committed such depredations , that the victims of their rapacity will not be able to recover from them for a series of years .
The Directory then sent from Paris a deputation of scientific men , who executed the disgraceful office ofthe SeBores et Exactores ofthe old Romans . These persons selected all that Rome had been collecting formany centuries ; whatever was scarce , whatever was " precious , ' what was to be found no where else , in any spot of the globe ; the labours of artists of the most eminent talentsboth ancient and
, modern ; to examine , to admire , and to copy which , many thousands of artists and travellers from the different parts of the ' world annuall y visited R . ome , and spent large sums in that city , in the gratification Of a noble desire after knowled ge and wisdom . B y this influx of strangers the greater part of the lower class of the , people gained .