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Excerpt from The Annual Register: Or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1795 These defects, in the constitution of 1795; appeared in the very moment of its birth; and became more and more glaring during the short period of its exiss tence. The History of F rance has, for too man y years, been a severe illustration of the maxim, that Nations, in order to be free and happy, must be just and mode rate. To describe and record whatever may impress on the mind this solitary lesson, is a task attended with a mixture of pain and pleasure pain, in contemplating the. Miserable effects of vice and folly pleasure, in the reflection, that such warnings may prevent misery to the present and future ages. 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.