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~ate,asMAnIuT. GIL BLAS. 91if it'~ereati object of state t6 Ull'OW diffièùlty 'ifi Hîe wayof11l1man it1terconrse. But the illHitary officers, under whose eyès tbésé re~spectable fiscal éxaminâtions proèeed,âre extremely politeand urbanc in.their dem'eanour, ans,vèring every petitionary 1countemmce with thé consolatoryplfràs(~ lof "Lluego'os 'ddpaclwran," atldexcrting thenlselves tobeâ's gobdas their,wôrd. lhû'êed; Hiévery respect, tile 8t>anish mi:.lrtàry officer càrries with him t'hé disting'dishing air 'orMs1~I~ss tinsociety.This air is neither German nor French; destitute of thê stiff"Hess of the one, of less vrvâcHy but more address than the other.Thé,valls of Miadthàl'e, it lS to beo\5served, any thing bnt a forti.fitiâtlcm.A rnilitary guard lS, hO'wever, statIoued at éach gate, fullyêomp'étehttoànrroyfrléWa1y,h6weverina'dequafe to resist iriimicaJ, visltofs. Variousideasrelàd've to tb:is City strike the mind on its firstview. In faet,here is more màtter fOfteflectron than'for observation. Flere the in:"teresting Gil BIas acted soMe of his parts upon thestage of life. If anything can enhance hisdelightfulnartative, it is the reading it upon thespot of hisaction. Thé moràlê of his work (where it is not hurnànity atlarge) ischiefly French, but his sccnery is Spanish; true to nature. As.reflection and obsérvation proceed here locally, and lVIadrit is consideredas a capital, the events of the Succession-war are recoHected ând.bâla:pced. Hêre i8 much matter to rurninate upon. A capital cït!always conveys ~';rth it the iâ.EJâ, if rtot ofmiHtary, atleastof mî('jrit'land pÔlitical,imWôrtance. A s'franget looks around him Mere to see,,,,hat connexions updn such sùbjects hécan trace, and he looks in vain.Wh~lt constitutes lits' hi.story 'ls in the hands or within the l'eacn of everyone.Different motives COliîbiIiedmay hâl"e attached the royal Bourbonfamily to it; and aH we hear, rearl, and see, tends to recall the SUfmiseto the mind, that its situation, so à portée to France, with duesafeguard tô appearance as rnuch as possible, may have been one.N2