Excerpt from The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1768 As yet the nearer arts of Eu rope are not dirca y engaged F ranee has indeed made an extra ordinary movement, and it is not eafy to forefee what the event may be. That ambitious power bore a full {hare in the calamitous effeels of the lull war. Thcfe feemed fully fuflicient to correct, for fome time, that refilefs dil'pofition, which had lo often proved fatal to the ge neral repofe. Loaded as {he is with a heavy debt, and wounded in many eli'ential parts of her commerce, it would require all her attention, together with a corifiderable length of time, to lefl'en the one, and ef fe'e'tuall y to refiore the Other. Bafe, and the leifure of peace, might icem a'fo necefl'ary to bring the great improvements {he is attempt ing in agriculture to any degree of perfection. 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.