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firft day he was conveyed to bed— 
from which he rofe no more. His 
‘appetite was gone—he had buta 
faint recollection of any thing about 
him; and his Jaft coherent words 
were addrefied to his fon, Mr. 
John Elwes, in hoping “ he had 
left him what he wifhed.’? On the 
morning of the 26th of November, 
he expired without a figh !—with 
the eafe with which an infant goes 
to fleep on the breaft of its mother, 
worn out with “ the rattles and the 
toys”’ of along day. 
Anecdotes relative to the Englith 
Nation ; from D’Archenholz’s 
PiGure of England. 
HE national pride of the 
Englith is a natural confe- 
quence of a political conititution, 
by which every citizen is exempted 
from any other dependence than 
that impofed by the laws. 
This pride is carried among them 
toa great length. Indeed, how is 
it poflible to know and to feel all 
the merit of fuch a fyftem of li- 
berty, without attaching an uncom- 
mon value toit? This fame fenti- 
ment, with which we fo violently 
reproach the Englifh of the prefent 
times, has always been felt by the 
moft enlightened nations in the 
world. 
The Greeks and Romans carried 
it Rill farther. This laudable pride, 
which with them was united to a 
lively and fervid patriotifm, occa- 
fioned thofe hercic actions which 
will for ever be engraved in the re- 
cords of immortality. If the mo- 
Gern aiftory of England be equally 
filled with glorigns atchievements, 
itis to alove of their country that 
all this ought to be afcribed ; a love 
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» enemies, 
1790. 
which, carried to the extreme, as it 
has been, by -ho © haughty ifland- 
ers, cannot be conceived without a 
certain degree of contempt for thofe 
nations who do not poflefs fimilar 
fenfations. 
This fault, if it is .one, is ftill 
more common amongtt the Spaniards 
than them; but being founded on 
no folid grounds, it has become 
very juftly a fubject of ridicule. 
The Englith themfelves are hated on 
this account, although their very 
at the bottom of their 
hearts, pay tribute to their extraor- 
dinary nierit—Envy will glide into 
nations,’ as well as individuals. 
There are,. perhaps, no people in 
Europe who poffefs fo much natural 
pride as the French: it will be ealy, 
with a little penetration, to recon- 
cile this with that urbanity and’ 
thofe polite manners for which they 
are fo diftinguifhed. It is under 
this mafk that the fly Frenchman 
conceals thofe marks of envy with 
which he views his Englifh neigh- 
bours. 
It was this offenfive pride of the 
Englith that fo many nations ftrove 
to humble during the American 
war. Many even of the ftates of 
Germany, among whom the {pirit 
of imitation exercifes fuch a defpotic 
rule, that they neither think, live, 
nor exift but after the French, were 
animated with the fame defire. 
They carried their madnefs fo far 
as to forget the blood and the trea- 
fures, which that nation, in the pre- 
fent century, has facrificed for the 
advantage and'repofe of their coun- 
try. They even wifhed, without 
knowing why, to fee the fource of 
her greataefs dried up. 
It ought, however, to be remark- 
ed, that the priucipal members of 
the empire, guided by amore mo 
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