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92 A TOUR ‘THROUGH
il gl Mi Vu.”
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HH Majefty’s late animated and enterprizing attempt
A. for _atevolution fucceeded to a certain degree, but
not fo far as to introduce and eftablifh an unlimited mo-
| narchy, He gained the Soldiers, and. many of his Subje&s
joined -his party and took the oaths of allegiance in-con-
fequencé ‘of a moft nervous and fpirited addrefs which he
made to his people.. His elocution,. aflable- manner, and
great condefcenfion, which indeed was only afflumed. to
ferve his turn, rendered him the idol of his country, and
what added more to the patriotic zeal which they fhewed
for him, was, that he was a native of Sweden. His perfon
is rather low but well made and a@tive. It is very fingular
that of one fide of his face does not at all refemble the
other. He delights much in military exercifes and forms
an annual camp at a {mall diftance from Stockholm, where
he dedicates his time to military improvements.
The want of population, which is very much the cafe
an Sweden, and above all, the want of current com, will
always
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