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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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Positive character profile of the King of Sweden, highlighting his amiability, popularity, clemency, intellectual knowledge in history and diplomacy, eloquent public speeches, and authorship of morally pure plays for the national stage.
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[He is] one of the most amiable and popular Princes in Europe. He has a particular gift to gain the heart of every one. His conversation in public is full of wit, politeness, and a kind attention to make every one easy—in private, he speaks with the cordiality and simplicity of a friend—He grants favors with apparent satisfaction to himself—and knows how to refuse without giving uneasiness.
His clemency is founded on his great sensibility, which could never yet permit him to punish with death or infamy any person personally known to him. He has often wished that he might never unavoidably be forced to such an act of severity, because the remembrance would ever make him unhappy.—
It may be said that he inherits his father's heart, with the genius of his mother. Had he been a private man, he would have made his fortune either in the line of politics or literature.
His knowledge in history and diplomatics is prodigious—his public speeches in the Diets, and upon other occasions, have an uncommon force and elegance, worthy of such a speaker—and several plays he has composed for the newly constituted National Stage, are of a richness in their composition, and purity in their morals, that bespeak the Prince and the Legislator. Notwithstanding all the pains he had taken to prevent being known as the author, it soon became no secret that they were from the pen of Majesty.
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The King of Sweden is described as one of Europe's most amiable and popular princes, skilled in winning hearts through witty and polite public conversation and friendly private speech. He grants favors gladly and refuses without causing distress. His clemency stems from great sensibility, avoiding death or infamy for known persons. He inherits his father's heart and mother's genius, suited for politics or literature. His prodigious knowledge in history and diplomatics informs elegant speeches in Diets and other occasions. He composed morally pure plays for the National Stage, initially anonymously.