been drawn up with great care, and a scrupulous examination of the best authorities, the Editor flatters himself it will prove both amusing and satisfactory to those who may wish for further information on a subject so curious and inter esting. HISTORICAL FRAGMENTS, &c. &c. MARY, queen of Scots, was one of those characters which we very seldom meet with in the world, and which, whenever they appear, are applauded for their generosity by a few, and condemned for their simplicity by the many. They have an easy affiance of soul, that loves to repose confidence, even when confidence is weakness.They thus go on, still confiding, and still confounded; unable to check the current of affiance which runs strong in their bosoms, and suffering themselves to be driven before it in all their actions. The first half of their lives forms one continued tissue of confidences improperly placed, and of perfidies natural to be expected. Such a person was Mary. |