reux, qui n'a presque ni printemps ni automne ous, which not has almost neither spring scarcely either which has L'hiver y règne The winter there reigns Winter reigns there chaleurs de l' heats of the heats of nor autumn. spring or autumn. neuf mois de l'année; les the nine months of the year; during nine months of the year; the été summer summer froid excessif, et il y gèle all-at-stroke to a succeed to dès le mois cold excessive, and it there freezes from-the-time-of the month extreme cold, and the frost sets in in the month d' Octobre, of October, of qui which sans ces gradations insensibles October, without those insensible gradations of temperature amènent ailleurs les saisons, et en rendent the seasons, and of-them render which, in other countries, lead on the seasons, and render le changement plus doux. pense, a donné à ce climat rude un ciel serein, qui durent à proportion which continue to proportion the duration of which is encreased in proportion que le soleil s'éloigne plus de la Suède; et la himself distances more from the Sweden; and the from Sweden; and the that the sun as the sun recedes lumière de la lune, qui n'y est obscurcie par light of the moon, which not there light of the moon, wholly is obscured by unobscured by de la neige qui couvre la terre, et très souvent par of the snow which covers the earth, and very often by of the snow which covers the earth, and frequently by des feux semblables à la lumière zodiacale, fait of-the fires like to the light zodiacal, makes coruscations resembling the aurora borealis, on that one it as easy to jour. Les bestiaux y sont plus petits que dans les cattle there are more small than in the smaller than in the de pâturage. Les hommes y sont plus grands. The serenity of the atmosphere renders them healthy; the rigueur du climat les fortifie; ils vivent they rigour of-the climate them strengthens; live live même plus longtemps que les autres hommes, quand even more long-time than the other des liqueurs fortes et des vins, que les natio of-the liquors strong and of-the wines, of wine and strong liquors, which the nations which the norther faits, robustes, agiles, capables de soutenir les ph agile, capable of to-sustain the made, robust, robust, agile, capable of sustaining the made, robust, grands travaux, la faim, et la misère; nés erlabours, the hunger, and the misery born great greatest fatigue, hunger, and poverty warriors from riers, pleins de fierté, plus braves qu'industrieux, full of pride, more brave than their birth, high-spirited, brave rather than industrious, riors, industrious, ayant longtemps négligé et cultivant mal aujourd'hui having long-time neglected and cultivating ill to-day. long entirely negligent of commerce, and still unskilled in the le commerce, qui seul pourroit leur donner ce qui the commerce, which alone could-be-able to-them to-give that which pursuit of it, though it is the only means by which they can manque à leur pays. is-wanting to their country. obtain what their own country does not supply. C'est prin- multitudes de Goths qui inondèrent l'Europes multitudes swarms inundated of Goths who l'arrachèrent à l'Empire Romain, her snatched to the Empire Roman, wrested it from the Roman empire, the Europe, Europe and 10 1° avoit été cinq cents années l'usurpateur, le légis+ had been five hundreds years the usurper, the legisfor five centuries had been its lateur, et le tyran. lator, and the tyrant. lator, and its tyrant. usurper, its legis Les pays septentrionaux The countries The northern northern countries probre que la stérilité et l'oisiveté; et qu'aussi lagrace than the barrenness and the idleness; and that as hardgrace, but barrenness and idleness; and being as la borieuses et aussi robustes que les hommes, elles en working and as borious and men, they of-it men, étoient plutôt et plus longtemps fécondes. fruitful. longer prolific. La The Suède fut toujours libre jusqu'au milieu du quaSweden was always free until to-the middle of-the fourSweden was always free until the middle of the four torzième siècle. Dans ce long espace de temps, le In this long space of time, the century. In this long period of time, the teenth century. teenth toutes les innovations furent en faveur de la liberté. the innovations were in favour of the liberty. the innovations were in favour of liberty. all all Leur premier magistrat eut le nom de Roi; magistrate had the name of King; magistrate had the name titre Their first title of King; a title power; en France, en in for in France, absolu; absolute; invested with absolute et en Pologne, en Suède, en Angleterre, Poland, nothing without the England, Ce roi ne pouvoit This king not † was-able The king could do sénat; et le sénat senate; and the senate nothing without the concurrence of the senate; and the senate dépendoit des états-généraux, que from-the + depended was dependent on the voquoit souvent. † were the were noble the nobles, the deputies the bishops, and the deputies of the cities: avec le temps with the time in the course of time on y admit les paysans même, one there admitted the peasants peasants were also admitted, even, |