Excerpt from A Residence in France, During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795: Described in a Series of Letters From an English Lady; With General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners In a war libe tbe pro/but, advantage is not altogetber to be appreciated by' military fuperiority. - lf, as rbara is jig/t ground for believing, our external bo/lilities bave averted an internal revolution, wbat we bave e/caped is offinfinitely' more importance to us tban wbat we could acquire. Commerce and conaucyl, compared to tbis, are fecondary' objects; and tbepre jbrva'ti'on of our liberties and our coiyiitution is a more folid blcflng tban tbc commerce of botb tbc Indies, or tbe tongue]? Of nations.'

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