46, 
THE BEE, 
OR ys 
‘LITERARY WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, 
“FOR 
WeEbDNEspay, May 30. 1792. 
MEMOIRS OF CARDINAL DUBOIS. 
With a portratt. 
‘I cive the fketch of this singular character as a lef- 
son. in the art of rising at court. Many persons who 
live in the country entertain'a very false notion of 
the talents that are necefsary for advancing one’s 
fortune, and obtaining places -of trust in the higher 
departments of government ; they, therefore, respect 
those people in a high degree who have proved suc- 
-cefsful, and look upon them as somewhat superior to 
human nature itself, both in regard to. talents and 
. dispositions. Those who have penetrated into the 
: secrets ‘of courts, and withdrawn the veil that con- 
'ceals their real character from public view, know 
well, that no deception of the most expert performer 
of legerdemain tricks can be greater thanthisis. It 
is by no means my intention to penetrate deep in 
this mysterious walk; but as the.profefsed object of 
this work, is to give my readers a just view of men 
and things, it is proper that they fhould be let see as 
VOU, 1x. rk af 
