The Critical Review, Vol. 21
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Excerpt from The Critical Review, Vol. 21: Or, Annals of Literature After this Mr. G. says that the French government formed a resolution of sending him to England as a disaffected man, who had inserted libels in the Argus against his country and his king. For this apparent condescension, Mr. G. tells us that Puonaparte thought that the English ministry would send him Peltier mreturn. But the French government, finding that this exchange was not likely to take place, rescinded the orders for the deportation of Mr. Goldsmith, who had actually been put on board the packet at Dieppe, which had just cleared the harbour, when a signal was made for its return, and Mr. G. was again taken out and reconducted to the capital. Mr. Goldsmith was now once more at Paris; and as he says, ´without any visible restraint.´ And it is not a little remarkable that this same gentleman, who tells us that he had already attracted the resentment of Buonaparte and his ministers, by his repugnance to become their tool in the conduct of the Argus, should, about a month after this, when all the Englishmen in Paris, and all over France,´ were ordered to be arrested, have such special favour shewn to him as to be exempted from the operation of the barbarous decree. Mr. G. says, I know of no precise reason for this;´ but a reason there must have been; for Buonaparte is not a man given to make exceptions to his general severity without reasons; nor to shew clemency unless he has some end to serve. Mr. G. adds that he guessed it arose from a sense of decency on account of the manner in which I had been so lately treated.´ But when was Buonaparte swayed by a sense of decency? Or can Mr. G. really suppose that Buonaparte was influenced by such a sentiment, if he verily believes all the gross violations of decency, and of every refined, every tender and virtuous sentiment, which he has ascribed to him in the present book. While other Englishmen at Verdun, Bitsche, and other places, were subjected to the most onerous tyranny and the most cruel hardships, Mr. Goldsmith was left at large for seven or eight years, and permitted, as he informs us, to earn bis livelihood by acting as ´a law agent and a sworn translator,´ a profession of considerable respectability in France.´This,´ adds Mr. G. f gave me access to the first persons in office, and enabled me to acquire that information, which I now communicate to the public.´ About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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