had, as soon as the Assembl‚e L‚gislative broke up, quitted
Paris, I believe, firmly determined never to re-enter it under
the present r‚gime.

I was prepossessed very much in favour of this gentleman, from
his conduct in the late Assembly and all we had heard of him. I
confess I had not represented him to myself as a great, fat,
heavy-looking man, with the manners of a somewhat hard and morose
Englishman: he is between thirty and forty, I imagine; he had
been riding as far as to the cottage Mr. Malthouse had mentioned
to him--l'asile de jean Jacques(44)--and said it was very near
this place (it is at the foot of Leith Hill, Mr. Locke has since
told me).

They then talked over the newspapers which were come

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that morning. M. de St. just,(45) who made a most fierce speech
for the trial and condemnation of the king, they said had before
only been known by little madrigals, romances, and heures
tendres, published in the 'Almanac des Muses.' "A cette heure,"
said M. de jaucourt, laughing, "c'est un fier republicain."(46)



THE PHILLIPSES AT JUNIPER HALL.

Nov. 27.-Phillips and I determined at about half-past one to walk
to "junipre" together. M. d'Arblay received us at the door, and