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The History Of Madame And Monsieur. C—

had no longer power , however , to restrain her husband from emi grating , and considering it as her first duty to follow his fortunes and share his destiny , she was only prevented from going with him by his desire that she should endeavour to preserve their property by remaining in France till the counter-revolution arrived , which he was firmly persuaded was at no great distance . After making the tour of Switzerlandhe crossed the Al

, ps with a party of emio-rantsand finding , that although the counter revolution was on its way , its march was less rapid than he had expected , determined to wait foi that event-at Bellinzone . Not long after , that ferocious tyranny , with its train of horrors , to which regal despotism was mild , and al | its abuses fihtestablished itself in France . Madame C '

g , s cor . respondence became every day more difficult and dangerous , and at length the friend to whom his letters were addressed declared , that if this epistolary intercourse was continued , it would lead not Only himself , but Madame C , to the scaffold .

Deprived of all communication with her husband , and a melanchol y witness of crimes which she execrated , and of miseries which she deplored , she : ooi : became herself involved in the general calamity . All the property of Mons . C was sequestered , and the seals were placed upon every apartment ofhis hotel , after a strict search had been made for Madame C , who escaped imprisonment by having found a temporary shelter for herself and her little boy , in the house of her

friend . This person , a man of sense and virtue , who , abhorrent cf the sanguinary measures which then prevailed , had , from , circumstances of a private nature , some influence with one high in power , and was ever ready to employ th . it influence for the purpose of doing . good , or rather of averting evil , found means toj snatch Madame C from danger , by obtaining passports for her and Victoire , as the wives of two Swiss traders , who had come toI Pwris upon affairs of commerce , and were returning : to their own

country . Madame C , after thanking her friend for life , since life was then included in the gift of a passport , set off in the diligence to Basil , with her little boy in her arms , and accompanied by Victoire . During the journey Madame C had many alarms , on account of the iniempeiate resentments of her waiting-woman , who , whenincident b

ever any happened y which she was offended , was ready to betray all . Victoire was astonished that nobody found out th . it she was Xhefemme de chambre of the lady of a cordon rouge , and was as angry at what . he considered as disrespect , to use the words of Johnson , as the < Czar of Muscovy , when he passed through Sweden in disguise . ' It required many a private lecture , during the route ,

from Madame C , to make Victoire preserve the incognita ; she longed to burst upon the impertinent fellow-travellers , who greeted her with tutoi , citoyenne , and egalite , with a detail of all the former splendour of her iady , a large portion of which she considered as reflated upon herself . She owned that she was d ying to tell them , that they were not fit company for the anti-chamber , and that this was the first time she herself bad ever travelled in a diligence .

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LONDON: Article 2
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOUME. Article 3
PREFACE TO VOLUME THE ELEVENTH. Article 4
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AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. Article 8
THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON. Article 13
TRAGICAL FATE OF THE PRINCESS TARRAKANOFF. Article 16
DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF MALTA Article 20
CHARACTER OF THE AFRICAN BLACK. Article 22
AN ESSAY ON THE DIFFERENT STATES AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE. Article 24
ON THE PERFIDY AND INFIDELITY OF THE FRENCH. Article 28
CHARACTER OF POLITIAN, Article 31
THE HISTORY OF MADAME AND MONSIEUR. C— Article 32
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF A DUMB PHILOSOPHER. Article 38
VISIT TO LAVATER, Article 41
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 43
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 48
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS Article 53
POETRY. Article 59
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 61
PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND. Article 70
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 71
INDEX TO THE TENTH VOLUME. Article 81
Untitled Article 85
LONDON: Article 85
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PRICES OF BINDING PER VOUME. Article 86
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The History Of Madame And Monsieur. C—

had no longer power , however , to restrain her husband from emi grating , and considering it as her first duty to follow his fortunes and share his destiny , she was only prevented from going with him by his desire that she should endeavour to preserve their property by remaining in France till the counter-revolution arrived , which he was firmly persuaded was at no great distance . After making the tour of Switzerlandhe crossed the Al

, ps with a party of emio-rantsand finding , that although the counter revolution was on its way , its march was less rapid than he had expected , determined to wait foi that event-at Bellinzone . Not long after , that ferocious tyranny , with its train of horrors , to which regal despotism was mild , and al | its abuses fihtestablished itself in France . Madame C '

g , s cor . respondence became every day more difficult and dangerous , and at length the friend to whom his letters were addressed declared , that if this epistolary intercourse was continued , it would lead not Only himself , but Madame C , to the scaffold .

Deprived of all communication with her husband , and a melanchol y witness of crimes which she execrated , and of miseries which she deplored , she : ooi : became herself involved in the general calamity . All the property of Mons . C was sequestered , and the seals were placed upon every apartment ofhis hotel , after a strict search had been made for Madame C , who escaped imprisonment by having found a temporary shelter for herself and her little boy , in the house of her

friend . This person , a man of sense and virtue , who , abhorrent cf the sanguinary measures which then prevailed , had , from , circumstances of a private nature , some influence with one high in power , and was ever ready to employ th . it influence for the purpose of doing . good , or rather of averting evil , found means toj snatch Madame C from danger , by obtaining passports for her and Victoire , as the wives of two Swiss traders , who had come toI Pwris upon affairs of commerce , and were returning : to their own

country . Madame C , after thanking her friend for life , since life was then included in the gift of a passport , set off in the diligence to Basil , with her little boy in her arms , and accompanied by Victoire . During the journey Madame C had many alarms , on account of the iniempeiate resentments of her waiting-woman , who , whenincident b

ever any happened y which she was offended , was ready to betray all . Victoire was astonished that nobody found out th . it she was Xhefemme de chambre of the lady of a cordon rouge , and was as angry at what . he considered as disrespect , to use the words of Johnson , as the < Czar of Muscovy , when he passed through Sweden in disguise . ' It required many a private lecture , during the route ,

from Madame C , to make Victoire preserve the incognita ; she longed to burst upon the impertinent fellow-travellers , who greeted her with tutoi , citoyenne , and egalite , with a detail of all the former splendour of her iady , a large portion of which she considered as reflated upon herself . She owned that she was d ying to tell them , that they were not fit company for the anti-chamber , and that this was the first time she herself bad ever travelled in a diligence .

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