Excerpt from The Life and Character, Rise and Conduct, of Count Bruhl, Prime Minister to the King of Poland, Elector of Saxony: In a Series of Letters, by an Eminent Hand; Throwing a Light on the Real Origin of the Past and Present War in Germany, and the Intrigues of Several Powers; Carefully Translated From the German Original On him and his patronefs the queen: He vii He has alfo feveral efiates in Saxony and moveables to the value of fix millions of dollars; withal he owes '5 large fums. Coumt Bruhl is faid to'be allowed half a million 05 dollars annually He has no lefs than three or four hundsedc 'fults of rich cloaths, with boots and'ihoes in proportion: He has collefied all the finefi colours of all the finefi cloths, velvets, and filks of all manufactures, befides laces and embroideries. He calls 'for his book of patterns, which. Are all numbered, arid chafes that Which-pl'eafes his fancy for the' a day: 'his library 18 two hundredi and twenty feet'long; and his gal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.