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4148. JOSEPH II., Eccentric.—

The public
acts of the Emperor speak him much above
the common level. Those who expect peace say
that they have in view the Emperor's character
which they represent as whimsical and eccentric,
and that he is especially affected in the
dog days.—
To James Monroe. Ford ed., iv, 21.
(P. Dec. 1784)