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them to all, for not a gesture escaped her, not a tear fell from her eye, that did not contribute to augment the enthusiastic ardour with which her every motion was attended to. Her Brother, and the Princes of the Royal Family, bowed by turns to the audience, acknowledging the justice of their allusion; and then, turning to the Queen, congratulated her upon the splendid triumph she enjoyed, professing themselves delighted at the idea of adding to it by their sence. Along the passages, upon the stairs, and to the very door of the theatre, was this chorus repeated; every place rang with those favourite words,

Chantons, célébrons notre Reine.

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What a moment must this have been for MARIAANTOINETTA! How deep must she have drunk of the cup of joy!

A new delight awaited her, and such an one as her affectionate heart must have felt in all its strongest influence-the veneration and universal esteem which her august brother every where inspired. One of his first expressions that made its way through the Court circle, was the tribute he paid to filial piety. When introduced by the Queen to the King, and to all the Prin

cesses of the Royal Family, he addressed the latter in the following words: "I feel myself

particularly happy in this opportunity of per"sonally declaring to you how deep an impres"sion your conduct towards Louis XV. whom "I sincerely loved, has made upon my heart. "The generous and noble sacrifice of your own

life, to preserve that of your father, is a trait "of heroism that will never be effaced from my memory."

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Some time after, when he was at Versailles, waiting in the Eil de Bauf with the croud, till the door of the King's apartment should be thrown open, some expressions of surprise were addressed to him, to which he made answer, "It "is no more than what I am accustomed to; "such is my daily practice when I pay my de"voirs to my mother." When at Paris, the first visit that the Emperor made was to the Military School, the second to the Invalids, the third to the Hospitals. With the same spirit of inquiry he examined the Institution of the Deaf and Dumb; the public seminaries, the courts of justice, the academies, the manufactories; all those useful establishments that reflected honor upon or rendered service to human nature, Joseph II. made the particular objects of his investigation;

nothing escaped his notice; and in all his enquiries the exalted character of his heart and understanding shone forth. His unassuming affability, the great simplicity of his manners, his eagerness to retire from the homage which every one was anxious to pay him, served but to draw upon himself still more lively proofs of public admiration; proofs that must have excited the most gratifying emotions in his imperial breast. Of this many instances occurred: once, at the Theatre François, which he preferred above all the other theatres in the capital, when present at the representation of the tragedy of Edipus; it was his intentions to have remained incognitobut in that part where Jocasta, speaking of Laius to her son, says,

Ce Roi, plus grand que sa fortune
Dédaignoit, comme vous, une pompe importune;
On ne voyoit jamais marcher devant son char
D'un nombreux bataillon le fastueux rempart-

So did this Monarch, like yourself, disdain
To borrow greatness from the pompous train;
No warlike legions led his car along,

In proud seclusion from th' admiring throng

the Emperor plainly perceived, in the marked and continued plaudits with which these verses were received, and which were directed to the box where he sought to conceal himself, that

princes are not indebted to the pomp of state for the purest demonstrations of public respect.

At another time, when he expressed a wish to attend one of the sittings of the French Academy, he added a request, by way of condition, that his name should not be mentioned; this was readily consented to, and faithfully observed. D'Alembert, among several other synonymous terms which he read, selected those of modesty and simplicity; the Emperor was recognized in every sentence; the warmest admiration and applause followed; but his name never once passed the lips of the assembly.

Having also a desire to hear the famous Advocate-General Séguier plead in a cause of importance that was coming on, he entered the grated gallery of the grand chamber of Parliament as privately as possible, the pleadings being already begun. Some eye, more penetrating than the rest, discovered him, and his name was murmured through the court, 'till it reached the magistrate who was speaking; he had not been informed of the Emperor's intention, and it required all that presence of mind, and elegant fertility of conception, for which he was so remarkable, in conjunction with the high respect

he entertained for the Emperor's personal character, to have conceived so instantaneously one of the most dignified, most pleasing compliments, ever paid in the temple of justice to a virtuous Prince, whose amiable qualities justified the gratifying tribute*.

* A faithful subject, and a grateful servant, of this august family of the imperial throne, hopes for the indulgence of his reader while he yields to the irresistible impulse of his feelings, and seizes this opportunity of attaching the eulogium of the brother, to the honest service of duty and reverence he is anxious to fulfil towards the sister: presuming upon this hope, he transcribes here, by way of note, one out of several literary offerings, composed in honour of the Emperor's visit to France. It is a small poem in the style and language of Anacreon, and, even in translation, it preserves all its original claim to delicacy of sentiment, and simplicity of expression. In truth, I studiously dwell on every subject capable of affording the mind some few ideas on which it may rest awhile with pleasure to itself. So many horrors have I to tell of, so many pictures of barbarous cruelty have I to draw, that I willingly court the illusion of a moment.

THE EAGLE IN SEARCH OF JOVE.

By M. Cheviot, Graduate of the University of Paris.

King of birds, whom seekest thou? What disquiets and afficts thy royal breast, O king of birds? Whither dost thou speed thy flight, thou minister of Jove? O whither doth thy

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