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Heir aspect of French Litcralure — Miscellanies. 



parted iiioft of his cotitenipoiiiries in rhc 

 manner in wiiicii lie ueuicd ot'cvery fub- 



"i'lie " Eloffc (Ic Cutinal'' became the 

 fiil)im ot' a prize, which ^^.■ls lo be hc- 

 lii)»v.>u b\ tlii: I'rciich .iLadtruv ; and this 

 wasdtxKlcd iu tiivourofJsiliui-(fj while 

 Ins riviil (^uibti'l rect^iv«l ^he afcfii'tt, 

 villi tl;c cc)T!ipliinciit, thai 'he Acadliny 

 regretted it had not a ifcoud pn^e to bt- 

 fiow. 



it is well known that this mark of po- 

 liJcncfi produced nolhini; but dil"::u't on 

 tiie part of iViunf. G. ; and niiuiv others, 

 as well us Iniiilclf, t4v)ni;ht tliat he uas 

 the viciinj oi'ihe j>arti;ihiv of iiii judties. 

 Voltaire, -in a letier wn^xn iibf.uc tiiis 

 jreiiod Vo the count df Schonihcic, on 

 the fuhjoct of Uicfe tivo dilrourki, c\- 

 prell'es liimlVlf sw follows; " I perceive in 

 liiat of M. Gmhert," fays he, " a prund 

 cJilplnv of iriic, nohle, and fuKiinie ideas, 

 tOtjiethor with niuuy portions of eloquence 

 truly alVeciing; a. cuHrageous iiatehnefs 

 alfo, and the entbufiiUin of a man who 

 afpircb in leeret to replace his hero. 

 Tliis fentuTiOut is difcoveraMe through 

 every line.- On the other hand, the dil- 

 coinie of M. tie la ilarpe ia tliat of a 

 lefpeciable ticadeniician, replete with 

 vit, eloquence, and lalie ; while the 

 oiJu'r difplavs a genius at once \>ai like 

 niid ) alriolic/' ; 



Guiheit, however, fli'l preferved liis 

 J-ancour a{;ainli the iXcadeniy, and feized 

 Oti an opportunity to difplay it, when the 

 tuiogiuni of the Chancellor d« I'lloi'pitul 

 was jiivon out as the fuhjcc^t <jf a prize. 

 He refufcd to Lc a comiietitor on thi^ oc- 

 Ciiti()n ; but he compoled and publilhod 

 a difcourfe without prefixing the name of 

 the author, to which was appended the 

 tollowing molt infultins; motto : " C'e 

 n'crt point aux efcliiv€s a loner Ics grands 

 horomes." — It is not befitting ilavcs to 

 praifc treat men. 



Islotvvithfiafiding this anatheraa, I'Hof- 

 pital found many panecyrilts; and among 

 thelie were foinc, fuch as C'ondorcet, 

 Pechmeja, and (Jarat, who could not be 

 cfinfidered as fluvcD. ZSIcan«hile Gni- 

 Lert bad, by anticipation, fuliri/ed all 

 the eulogies that were to follow his own 

 production. 



*■ Thefc will u'jt," fays he, " prove any 

 tiling n»ore than in«h-c rhetorical auiplili- 

 cutions, in which Uie characier of i'llof- 

 pitnl will be <lefcribed in a vague and ti- 

 mid manner : in svhich his nu rits, the 

 JM'tions of his life, sis well at itie p-and 

 leifons it ofl'tia, Will be ovemln lined by 



a fonorons and ficrile abundance of words; 

 works devoid of ntility, deftilulc aiikeof 

 image and phiiolophy, and to the tiill as 

 ephemeral as the laurel with wliich liit y 

 Will be crowned." 



N"otw ithltandmg all thi.s Guiberl was at 

 Icngih received as an academician, on 

 the 13th of February, 17b6 ; and bt. 

 Lambert, who was fixed upon to reply 

 to hiin, took care, while he comphmoiit- 

 tt\ the new inetnbcr on his book on Tac- 

 tics, his (^racchi, <Sv;c. not to make the 

 lean mention of the " ICloge de Catinat." 



The Kutogy of the celebrated .Made- 

 moilellc d'EfpinalVe, is termed " L'Jjoge 

 d'Kli/a ;'' her lo\cr, ISI. do Mora, is de- 

 fignated iiuflcr the uauic of G(jijl»ivo; 

 and her friends are termed Ariltus, tiain- 

 vai, C'lc.on, Lrgufius, Valerius, tS:c. 

 . Marrnontel fays, tliat flie had been 

 greatly attached to Guibert, on account 

 of the htroifin aud genius appertaining to 

 his characier : and w hen St. Lambert ob- 

 ferved, during the contcft with J^ Harpe, 

 tliat he inttudcd to vote in favour of the 

 latter at the Academy, flic burit into 

 tears, and retired. 



" Voyage en Portiignl, du C'onite 

 IIoiiAtsEo; redige par ^L Li.nk." — A 

 .fourncy into Portugal, by Count UolVau- 

 leg; edited by M. Link. 



The author of thefc Travels appears 

 to have rendered hinifelf a complete maf- 

 ter of the fubject ; for he has fjicnt much 

 time, and bellowed great labour in ac- 

 quiring an acquaintance with whatloever' 

 merits attention in an intcrcfiing portion 

 of Europe. This country, lb little known, 

 and fo feldoiu attcmptc<l to bo defcribed, 

 is ftuflded with mountains, on the fum- 

 mits of which a (harp and bracing air is 

 always felt; fo that the climate difl'ers 

 but little fiom that of more northern re- 

 gions. Soni<j of thcin are ftill crowned 

 with fnow in the month of .(\ugult; and 

 the I'oriugiicfc, who are panting with 

 heat in the valleys, may at any time ap- 

 proach the regions of winter. 



One of the higheft of rhefe is called 

 IVIount Geres, on the fiiies of which the 

 wild-goat is fcen to bound, in the fame 

 manner as on Caucafus, in Alia. All. 

 the aiountains appear lo be liiiktd toge- 

 ther, and nothing but llcfp hills prcfeiiL 

 thcnifelves to the eye of the inhabitants;, 

 fo tliat the view is bounded on all fido*.: 

 They accordingly experience an agree- . 

 able fenialion when a plain fucc.ecds to 

 thcfe riiL'ged heights, which conceal a' 

 multitude of vipers, ferpents, and ve-. 

 nomous rcptilci. Manv of them an- iury 



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