hundred and fifty, and they proved to be copies of the Lord's Prayer in so many different languages and dialects, printed in their respective characters[1].
We have already mentioned Buonaparte's encouragement of the arts and sciences, which, from his love of them in his youth, is perhaps principle in him but he does not pause here, he enters into all the ramifications of domestic policy; he visits, (as Machiavelli directs in ch. 21,) the labourer in the vineyard, the husbandman at the plough, and the mechanic in his shop, the philosopher in his study, and the preceptor surrounded by his pupils, and rewards with his own hand those who excel; and this, as our author cautions, without compromising the dignity to which he is elevated,
Men of learning, of whatever nation, are always greeted with a hearty welcome
- ↑ The curious may see a copy of this unique work at the library of Messrs. Dulau and Co. Soho-square.
