DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATIVE OF 
FRANCE. 
A TERRIFIC FEMALE HABITED AS A FURY, WITH AN IMPERIAL DIADEM UPON HER 
HEAD, SUBDUING WITH EAGERNESS AND DELIGHT ALL THE CONTINENTAL POWERS ; 
AT HER SIDE A DROOPING FIGURE OF LIBERTY, EXPRESSING ABHORRENCE OF THE 
SCENES AROUND HER, AND SINKING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HER DESTRUCTIVE 
SWORD. IN THE BACK GROUND A CONFUSED SCENE, AS AFTER BATTLE, WHILST 
FROM THE GLOOMY ATMOSPHERE THE FIGURE OF TIME IS SEEN ISSUING FORTH, 
AND POINTING TO A FUTURE BRANCH OF THE HOUSE OF BOURBON. 
