3993+ on Epicurus. 2972. 
the air with fhouts and acclamations. The enemy 
trembles and grows pale; they bend themselves, and 
turn their backs to the Rufsian legions : They hide 
themselves in marfhes, behind rivers and mountains ; 
but the powerful hand of Elisabeth every where ops 
prefses them, and it is oly from her generosity that 
they receive respite. How evident our afsurances 
of happy dominion ; we now wonder at its actual 
existence. After the example of her great progeni- 
tor, fhe grants crowns to sovereigns, gives quiet to 
Europe by her peaceful arms, secures the Rufsian 
succefsion. Gold and silver flow from the bowels of 
the earth for her own use, andfor the public ad- 
vantage. Her subjects are relieved from burdens ; 
the earth is untainted with Rufsian blood, at home 
and abroad ; the people multiply, the revenues ine 
crease, justice is regulated, arts are planted,—every 
where lovely peace, and times emblematic ot our so- 
Vereign, uninterrupted reign. 
To be continued. 
> ‘ : 
SKETCHES OF THE PorTICO IN THE GARDENS oF Epi. 
CURUS. 
For the Bee. 
To Foannes Amadies, Fune 12 1793. 
“ Etsi me vario jactatum laudis amore, 
Irritaque expertum fallacis preemia vulgi, 
Cecropius suaveis expirans hortulus auras 
Florentis viridi Sophie complectitur umbra.” 
Or the portico in the gardens of Epicurus! Yes 
Amadies however paradoxical this may appear, I 
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