Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Volume 7

Project Gutenberg's Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Volume 7, 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 7 Being Secret Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman inLondonAuthor: Lewis GoldsmithRelease Date: December 4, 2004 [EBook #3898]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COURT OF ST. CLOUD ***Produced by David WidgerMEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ST. CLOUDBeing Secret Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in LondonBy Lewis GoldsmithVolume 7LETTER XXIV.PARIS, October, 1805.MY LORD:—Though loudly complained of by the Cabinet of St. Cloud, the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has conducted itselfin these critical times with prudence without weakness, and with firmness without obstinacy. In its connections with ourGovernment it has never lost sight of its own dignity, and, therefore, never endured without resentment those impertinentinnovations in the etiquette of our Court, and in the manner and language of our Emperor to the representatives oflegitimate Sovereigns. Had similar becoming sentiments directed the councils of all other Princes and the behaviour oftheir Ambassadors here, spirited remonstrances might have moderated the pretensions or passions of ...