The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-12-16
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A RINGS OPINION OF RINGS.
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ElNG's OPINION OF. RINGS.
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Great.
The PRINCE one evening, conceived fancy to
.ahe view of the different fov,regns Of Europe.
"We happen, Sir, to be alone" iaid he 20 ME no
one will hear u. let Us abuie all he kings we know II
!" With I'll my heart" replied !, laughing, let
take revenge that we are TO, kings ourfelves I"
We will e1cep, Frederick, hscau!e under his
prose ainn, aud he is n,y uncle becaufe he gives us
b,tl, our daily bread /; and becaufs he is a great
man." BY all nsan.; tn except him Vii be both
prudent and JUL and of this he is really delrving.
" We win alto except old Amadeus, bceaufe he has
hecn a-to,crahly good king during the greatea patt
of his reign, enuaD in the accomplishment of hi. du.
tiss, faithful the rules Of found political widon
and even great Certain oeca.ons its
n,ent."-'' So lie; it be thcn we VII, pardon Ana
deus his dfgraeeful j-aIouy of old martial de- Vsr.
in favour of his perseverance in doing all he could
Let proceed to fnmo other."-" We will fay
nothing of Maria besefa. though is inipoi:ibls
TO extraa fome good anecdotes in her favour from
ths long rshiences Of Meficurs Van Switen MetaRa-
no, and Kawnsz, at her court, But the erocha was
70 brilliant THE of her Attending IA. trcns
She that period TO tru,, great that 10 other
part OF her reign Mould be eonGjered; the contra
ry, it is but equitable to draw curtain over the
rsR aud the more To- as TIE woman and beau
tful won,an."-" am glad, to have a cur
tain at dpofal, find your highne!, willing to
u!e it this occaiion though it is ain,ot a pity con-
iiering the beauty of Maria-Thercia."- We will
ALTO le, alone Catherine the Second for whom anti
guilty will turniih with more than companion
that would not be uuua will FAY nothirg about
her, only becaue fie has fome great qualities but
alto becaufe he is 70 u.s. and holds the thunder
in her hands. -" True enough, think even hear
it roll let get away as fan as may be We have
however, admitted many exceptions: if we 90 on Z,
this rate, iha have no fcope all for our abuic
Never fear have done with the exceptions
therefore let us besin-Louis the Fifteenth is he
not Sardanapaus waowing in the mre, inlenfible to
ihame p" You apparently make your portrait con-
TIT of but fngle feature."-"I fall fearcely do
more FOR his old courn the king Of Spain, Who howe
yer, does rsfea,be iia, in the Lead Charles, be-
ing king OF Naples had been Obliged Ign treaty of
neutrality the beginning of the even years war, &
this on the requiGtion Of an EngiC, commodore who
prefen,ed himfcf before Naples with only four men
of war, s. had the irio.ence declare he would bonn
bard the town if his demands were not complied with
in the courie Of two hours. The king was never a.
bic, not after being fea,ed the throne Of
SPAIN to forget the afront, and the more eafily to
obtain revenge, at lean in appearance, he took it into
his head TO conder the Engli'h as nation Of cats g,
OF courfe all catsas 70 many Englih The confe-
quence of this is, that great humber on moi
days brought into his courtyard after dinner, which
he kills from the window This apartment by this
Madrid is threatened with the danger Of being
left without cat in all the kingdom, Will. he, on
the other hand proeures hiuelf the qualification of
fayiDg 5ave s5i, day Killed joazany ErgGS" 80 can
.ay pardon this aniinolty in the king it is well
founded As to his mode of revengs,s prtf.nts an
aiiesory that is iuGcienty mfhacal, and which IA
tses him till he do better he IS lean incere
in other refpeGs it is Acknowledged that he has en-
riehed Spain with many u!eful ehabli.hnieu,s aud
tia. the country is indebted 20 him than to his
ppredeceinrs. -" And my dear uncle, the king Of
Sweden (conior, queen Uirca) who is truly
worthy and kini-hear,ed man, who deiires only TO
90 good but being defti,ute of both activity and cner-
gy, does in reality more good than harm ~" an
your highne!s has named truly good king ~
=" And my dear uncle, the king of Denmark father
TO the prefene hingl who i. all day long 70 thirty
that he has TO time for any occupation but that OF
drinkng."-' There greater faults than his, pro-
vded he drinks ,o the health OF mis- fubie9s"-" And
my couin, the king of England who has his fpeeches
in parliament co,.poled for him, in terms tie mon
eoncife that can befran,ed sho has them repeated
TO him for whole week together, then carfes them
to be written in large characters in his hat who has
spternptsr be.iind kim When he is fpeak then,
and who, after AZ this aiihance, is unable to deliver
them at lan--" His nIiniers mutt then he well IA
tisfed &e" Af:er purifying this critical exsn,irat-
on much further than have defcribed, lie aopped
fnddenly We pacing The ronm, and tsking me
By the arm, he iaid, " You NUT, Gr, needs conf.f.,
that God has any thing DO with human affairs,
ne muh bus ltt!e for our nte.eas cuce he ap-
points laeh men theie to be our governor:n'
kriliiam Of Bybzf.yieE rt6bezy TO Fre%y;;