The malpractice seems to have proved menaceable in that manner; nor was any new arrangement made upon it,--no change, till the Steuer-Scheine, by their gradual terms, were all paid either in real money or imaginary, and thus, in the course of years, the thing burnt to the socket, and went out." Voltaire's rash Adventure, dangerous Navigation and gradual Wreck, in this Forbidden Sea of Steuer-Scheine,--will become conceivable to readers, on study diligent enough of the following Documents and select Details:-- DOCUMENT FIRST (a small Missive, in Voltaire's hand).
"Je prie instamment monsieur hersch de venir demain mardi matin a potsdam pour affaire pressante, et d'aporter (SIC) avec luy les diamants qui doivent servir pour la representation de la tragedie qui se jouera a cinq heures de soir chez S.A.R.Monseigneur le Prince henri Ce lundy a midy.

VOLTAIRE." Which being interpreted, rightly spelt, and dated (as by chance we can do) with distinctness, will run as follows in English:-- "POTSDAM, Monday, 9th November, 1750.

"I earnestly request Mr.Hirsch to come to-morrow Tuesday morning to Potsdam, on business that is urgent; and to bring with him the Diamonds needed for the Tragedy which is to be represented, at five in the evening, in His Royal Highness Prince Henry's Apartment." [Klein, v.

260.] "On Tuesday the 10th," say the Old Newspapers, "was ROME SAUVEE;"-- with Voltaire, perceptible there as "CICERON," [Rodenbeck, i.

209.] in due A glorious enough Cicero;--and such a piece of "urgent business" done with your Hirsch, just before emerging on the stage! "Hirsch, in that NARRATIVE, describes himself as a young innocent creature.