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Excerpt from The Seventh Volume of Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy, Who Liv'd Five and Forty Years Undiscover'd at Paris: Giving an Impartial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the Most Remarkable Transactions of Europe; And Discovering Several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts; (Especially of That of France) Continued From the Year 1642, to the Year 1682 After I've let my Envy fix it felf a while on thefe, a warbling Melody from neighbouring Groves diverts my melancholy Thoughts, and turns them to new Objeels. Then I lament my Fate, in that Iwas not made a Nightingale, a Thrufh, a Lark, or any of the feathered Choir, who with fweet careful Notes falute Aurora and the rifing Sun, and chirp all Day the Praifes of that Source of Warmth and Life, who veils the Earth in green Attire, who decks the Trees with verdant Leaves, and fills the World with Light, They chirp and fly from Tree to Tree, from Bough to Bough, rejoicing in the - Beams that dart and glide among the moving Shades of Branches rocked by Winds. Their Thoughts are taken up in building Neils, wherein to hatch their young, and [helter them from Injuries. They have no Plots nor politick Tricks, to undermine each other; but pafs away their Time in innocent Security and harmlefs Pleafures. 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.