which he affirms to be principally an unceasing attention to the art of war, to hunt for his diversion, and emulate the great characters of antiquity. The whole of these three precepts Buonaparte literally performs: war is his delight, and the instant he returns from a campaign he goes a hunting; and as to his emulating the heroes of ancient days, the fact is too well known to be called in question.
From the duties of princes, Machiavelli turns to the objects of praise and blame; and if his pupil does not unite in himself all the virtues he enumerates, he at least possesses one which his master deems of great importance, viz. prudence, which cannot be better evinced perhaps than by the uniform success of every measure, and the non-resistance of his subjects to their performance.
In no one instance has Buonaparte adhered more closely to the rules of his prototype than in his instructions respecting liberality and parsimony. Every gift he bestows, every honour he confers, though
