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we consider the dispositions of the three principal Sovereigns at this period on the continent, it will not appear wonderful that the peace between them should not be lasting. The ambition of Peter, the cunning policy of Charles, and the weakness of Frederick, formed such contrasts as must necessarily produce no long friendship among them. The Emperor of Russia ever restless, and weary of peace, looked with envious eyes on