[1] See the "Citizen of the World," Letter 55. Reference has often been made to Lord Chesterfield's prediction of the French Revolution. But I am not aware that any one has remarked on the equally acute foresight of Goldsmith.
[2] Letter of April 16th, 1771, Arneth, i., p. 148.
[3] Arneth, i., p. 186.
[4] Maria Teresa to Marie Antoinette,