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fluence over the diet of the em- 
pire at Ratisbon. The epostaras: 
tion that had overwhelmed it at the 
near approach of the victorious ar- 
mies of Jourdan and Moreau, had 
been marked by circumstances de- 
noting more despondency than be- 
came so respectable a body of men, 
and subjeéted them, in some mea- 
sure, to the censures of the public, 
particularly of the court of Vienna, 
which expressed high displeasure at 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1796. 
the readiness they had manifested to 
treat with the enemy. They now 
were equally solicitous to regain the 
good will of the Imperial court, 
and addressed it in terms remark- 
ably submissive and thankful for th 
preteétion they had received from 
its armies, and the preservation of 
the empire, by the expulsion of the 
French, through the valour and 
exertions of the archduke. 
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