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WRITTEN IN THE YEARS 1796 AND 1797,

DURING A TOUR THROUGH FRANCE.

BY A LADY.

What changes fill the cup of alteration!

SHAKESP.

Edited by C. L. MOODY, LL.D. F.A.S.

LONDON:

Printed for T. CADELL jun. and W. DAVIES in the Strand.

1798.

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Librarian
Holland

6-10-29

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PREFACE.

To all the furrounding nations France presents an aftonishing and most interesting spectacle. The convulfions with which she has been fhook, and the changes which she has undergone, are big with the most important consequences. What will be the result of her revolution, into what form of government she will finally settle, -and how it will ultimately affect Europe, are points on which it is as yet impossible absolutely to decide. Men furmise and predict as their interest, their wishes, or their party may dictate, and are gratified by any shadow of evidence which serves to corroborate or justify their opinions. Hence writers on each fide have their admirers, and

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