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begins to feel less the things which annoyed him so 
much upon his first arrival, and after a few months’ 
residence, he thinks no more about them, while he 
is partaking of the hospitality, and enjoying the 
elegance and splendour within doors in this great city. 
Close by the river-side stands what is called the 
palace of the Captain-General of Pernambuco. Its 
form and appearance altogether, strike the traveller 
that it was never intended for the use it is at present 
put to. 
Reader, throw a veil over thy recollection for a 
little while, and forget the cruel, unjust, and un¬ 
merited censures thou hast heard against an unof¬ 
fending order. This palace was once the Jesuits’ 
college, and originally built by those charitable fathers. 
Ask the aged and respectable inhabitants of Per¬ 
nambuco, and they will tell thee that the destruction of 
the Society of Jesus was a terrible disaster to the public, 
and its consequences severely felt to the present day. 
When Pombal took the reins of power into his 
own hands, virtue and learning beamed bright 
within the college walls. Public catechism to the 
children, and religious instruction to all, flowed daily 
from the mouths of its venerable priests. 
They were loved, revered, and respected through¬ 
out the whole town. The illuminating philosophers 
of the day had sworn to exterminate Christian know¬ 
ledge, and the college of Pernambuco was doomed 
to founder in the general storm. To the long-lasting 
sorrow and disgrace of Portugal, the philosophers 
blinded her king, and flattered her prime minister. 
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JOURN KY. 
Palace 
of the 
Captain- 
General. 
Destruc¬ 
tion of the 
Society 
of Jesus. 
