THE BEE, 
OR 
“LITERARY WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, 
FOR 
WepNESDAY, OcTOBER 23. 1793. 
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ORATION 
To THE MEMORY OF PETER THE GREAT, DELIVERED 
BEFORE THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT ST PETERS- 
BURGH,.ON THE 26 OF APRIL 1755, THE ANNIVERSAY 
RY OF THE CORONATION OF THE EMPRESS ELiza- 
BETH, BY Micuaet LomonossorrF. 
Translated from the Rufsian tanguage, 
For the Bee. : 
hough no species of composition isso disgusting as orations consist. 
ing of fulsome panegyric on living princes, in swoln and hyperbo- 
lical language ; yet when truth forms the basis of such orations, 
under the influence of genius guided by firm rectitude of mind, it 
may perhaps be accounted the most interesting and agreeable mode 
of conveying historical information in regard to important transac~ 
tions. In this light the following oration may be deemed a valu- 
able morsel of Rufsian history. 
Yo read with satisfaction an animated oration, it isnecefsary we fhould 
put ourselves in the place of the speaker, that we may be able to 
enter into the views which animated him at the time, To do this on 
“WOL, XVil, be 4 
