Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of France and Navarre: Including Several Important Periods of the French Revolution, from Its Origin to the 16th of October, 1793, the Day of Her Majesty's Martyrdom, with a Narrative of the Trial and Martyrdom of Madame Elizabeth, the Poisoning of Louis XVII in the Temple, the Liberation of Madame Royale, Daughter of Louis XVI, and Various Subsequent Events, Band 2C. Rickaby and sold by the author, 1806 |
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Seite 255 - We swear to be faithful to the nation, to the law, and to the king ; and to maintain with all our power the constitution decreed by the National Assembly and accepted by the king ; and to remain united to all Frenchmen, by the indissoluble ties of fraternity.
Seite 308 - ... attendants. In stepping into the carriage, she trod on my brother, who was lying in the bottom of it, and he had the courage not to cry out. ' My aunt told us that all was quiet, and that my father and mother would be with us presently. My father, indeed, arrived very soon after, and then my mother, with one of the body-guards who was to accompany us.'— pp.
Seite 4 - ... without suggesting any means of satisfying it. He was nevertheless very much applauded when he delivered at the close of his discourse the following words, which fully described his intentions : " All that can be expected from the dearest interest in the public welfare, all that can be required of a sovereign, the first friend of his people, you may and ought to hope from my sentiments. That a happy spirit of union may pervade this assembly, gentlemen, and that this may be an...
Seite 179 - I swear to be faithful to the nation, to the law, and to the king, and to maintain, to the utmost of my power, the constitution decreed by the National Assembly and accepted by the king.
Seite 109 - ... means to re-establish order and tranquillity. I know that unjust prejudices have been raised ; I know that some have dared to publish that your persons are not safe. Could it be necessary to contradict such criminal reports — contradicted on the face of them by my known character ? Well, then, I, who am but one with my people, I will trust myself to you. Assist me at this juncture to secure the safety of the...
Seite 107 - France, and invoked the destruction of the national assembly; tell him, that in his own palace, courtiers danced to the sound of that barbarous music, and that such was the prelude to the massacre of Saint Bartholomew! Tell him that the...
Seite 109 - I will trust myself to you. Assist me at this juncture to secure the safety of the state. I expect it from the national assembly; the zeal of the representatives of my people united for...
Seite 459 - ... at having been the dupe of Robespierre. All his discourses were a strange mixture of sorrow and pride. At his trial, he answered, with perfect composure, "I am Danton, sufficiently known in the revolution ; I shall soon pass to nothingness, but my name will live in the Pantheon of history.
Seite 123 - Due d'Orl^ans became King of the French, but he was unseated by the Revolution of 1848, and died a refugee in England. As the three Princes of the House of Conde, the Prince de Conde, his son, the Due de Bourbon, and his grandson, the Due d'Enghien, all died without further male issue, that noble line is extinct. • When the news of the escape of Napoleon from Elba reached Vienna on the 7th of March, 1815, the three heads of the Allies, the Emperors of Austria and Russia, and the...