Excerpt from Palestine, and Other Poems Ments, planed us highly. His frankness on subjects of politics pleased us highly. The clergy throughout Rus sia are, I believe, inimical to their government; they are more connected with the'peasants than most other classes of men, and are strongly interested in their sufl'erings and oppressions; to many of which they themselves likewise exposed. They marry very much among the daughters and sisters of their own order, and form almost a caste. I think Buonaparte rather popular among them. Plato seemed to contemplate his success as-eu inevitable and not very alarming prospect. He refused to draw up aform of prayer for the success of the Russian arms. 'if, ' said he, they are really penitent and contrite, let them shut up their places of public amu'sement for a month, and I will then celebrate public prayers.' His expres sions of dislike to the nobles and wealthy classes were strong and singular; as also the manner in which he de scribed the power of an emperor of Russia, the dangers which surround him, and the improbability of any rapid improvement. It would be much better, ' said he, had we a constitution like that of England.' Yet I suspect he does not wish particularly well to us in our war with France.' -heber's ms. Journal. 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.