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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 ?'

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THE LIFE OF OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BARON NELSON OF THE NILE, &c. &c. &c. Article 4
ON RELIGION, MORALITY, AND GOVERNMENT. Article 6
OBSERVATIONS ON THE CAUSE OF OUR LATE NAVAL VICTORIES. Article 7
REVIEW OF THE THEATRICAL POWERS OF THE LATE MR. JOHN PALMER. Article 10
MONODY. Article 11
THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON. Article 16
CURIOUS ACCOUNT GIVEN BY THE DUMB PHILOSOPHER. Article 19
THE LIFE OF PRINCE POTEMKIN. Article 25
OPTIMISM: A DREAM. Article 32
THE MIRROR OF THESPIS. Article 34
NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF BUONAPARTE. Article 38
MEMOIR AND TRIAL OF THE CELEBRATED THEOBALD WOLFE TONE, Article 44
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 51
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 55
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS . Article 58
POETRY. Article 64
BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 66
PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND. Article 69
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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 ?'

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