Project Gutenberg's Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Volume 3, by Lewis GoldsmithThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Volume 3 Being Secret Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman inLondonAuthor: Lewis GoldsmithRelease Date: December 4, 2004 [EBook #3894]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COURT OF ST. CLOUD ***Produced by David WidgerMEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ST. CLOUDBy Lewis GoldsmithBeing Secret Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in LondonVolume 3LETTER XXIII.PARIS, August, 1805.MY LORD:—No Sovereigns have, since the Revolution, displayed more grandeur of soul, and evinced more firmness ofcharacter, than the present King and Queen of Naples. Encompassed by a revolutionary volcano more dangerous thanthe physical one, though disturbed at home and defeated abroad, they have neither been disgraced nor dishonoured.They have, indeed, with all other Italian Princes, suffered territorial and pecuniary losses; but these were not yieldedthrough cowardice or treachery, but enforced by an absolute necessity, the consequence of the desertion or inefficacy ofallies.But Their Sicilian Majesties have been careful, as much as they were able, to exclude from their councils ...
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