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snuff * His hair , nearly grey , was cut short round his neck . Such was his appearance . As to his manners , they were simple , affable , and pleasing .
As soon as the ceremony of presentation was over , he led Mrs . L . to a sofa , and seated himself by her side : Mr . Fagan and myself continued standing . He then entered into conversation ; and though he spoke the French language with some difficulty , he appeared well acquainted with the literature of that country * and even with some English writers . His
remarks were untainted with prejudice , and might be called liberal . He mentioned Rousseau and Voltaire without disgust , and spoke of Dr . Young ' s Night Thoughts with admiration . Having inquired what religion we professed , and understanding we were Protestants , he with much good hurnour told the following story :- — Frederick the Second of Prussia , finding himself dangerously ill in a Catholic country * was asked how , in the event of his death , he chose to be buried ? " Dig a grave / ' said the philosophical monarch , " some few-feet lower than the spot where the Catholics are interred : that separation will be quite sufficient . To the same dust we must all come at last . * There was a degree of toleration in this little
anecdote which I was both surprised and pleased to hear from the lips of a sovereign pontiff . He seemed , indeed , through the whole conversation , to be a mild , inoffensive , charitable man ; and he bears the character of being what he appears . He is simple in his diet , economical in his domestic arrangements .
and careless , almost to a fault , with regard to dress * „•• ..,. I ought to add , that he took an opportunity , of . expressing his gratitude to England , for the services he had received from our government during the last war . He likewise said several civil things about the dress , character , and behaviour of our fair countrvwomen ; and expressed his anxious wishes- for the
continuance of peace . After a quarter or an . hour ' s conversation , he took his leave ; and , in going away , promised to send us some consecrated beads , as presents to our Catholic friends . The history of Pius the Seventh is shortly this . Distantly
related to the last Pope , of noble but not exalted family , he was educated in the Benedictine convent adjoining the basilick of St . Paul . He became a member of that order , and was soon known as a distinguished professor . When thfe abolition of the Jesuits was agitated , different opinions were entertained by
? A painter having requested the loan of one of the Pope ' s frocks , in order to finish tfte costume of his portrait , was surprised on receiving a message the next day , which requested that he would seud back the borrowed dress as soon as possible . < % He has but two suits , " said the servant ; " and he has torn the one which he Jjo . 5 at present in use ; lie cannot , therefore , spare the other any longer . "
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Character of Pius VII . 333
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1806, page 533, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1729/page/29/
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