Heroes, Philosophers, and Courtiers of the Time of Louis XVI.Hurst and Blackett, 1863 |
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... majesty recover , they might be leaving all hope of future favour behind them . The King confessed to the Cardinal de la Roche Aymon : " I am sorry to have caused scandal to my subjects . To God alone have I to render an account of my ...
... majesty recover , they might be leaving all hope of future favour behind them . The King confessed to the Cardinal de la Roche Aymon : " I am sorry to have caused scandal to my subjects . To God alone have I to render an account of my ...
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... majesty was supposed to be dying from the wound inflicted on him by Damiens , the would- be regicide . † Louis XV . was prematurely infirm . Naturally of a gloomy disposition , he had , for the last * The Duc d'Aiguillon who , in 1770 ...
... majesty was supposed to be dying from the wound inflicted on him by Damiens , the would- be regicide . † Louis XV . was prematurely infirm . Naturally of a gloomy disposition , he had , for the last * The Duc d'Aiguillon who , in 1770 ...
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... majesty for fear of infection ; but his tutor , the Duc de la Vauguyon , tells us that that Prince gave alms , and offered to pay the poor out of his pension ( of 6,000 livres a month ) to pray for the King's recovery . One May day ...
... majesty for fear of infection ; but his tutor , the Duc de la Vauguyon , tells us that that Prince gave alms , and offered to pay the poor out of his pension ( of 6,000 livres a month ) to pray for the King's recovery . One May day ...
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... majesty had then done much to make himself so , but the compliment to him was , as compliments in this world generally are , censure on another . a The once " Well Beloved " now lay dead and de- serted . Why watch any longer by a King ...
... majesty had then done much to make himself so , but the compliment to him was , as compliments in this world generally are , censure on another . a The once " Well Beloved " now lay dead and de- serted . Why watch any longer by a King ...
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... majesty's marriage , ( 1770 , ) and protested strongly against the expenditure of the Fêtes at Versailles on that occasion . * " Instead of amusing the lazy inhabitants of court and capital , " says that pamphlet , " by vain and ...
... majesty's marriage , ( 1770 , ) and protested strongly against the expenditure of the Fêtes at Versailles on that occasion . * " Instead of amusing the lazy inhabitants of court and capital , " says that pamphlet , " by vain and ...
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Seite 114 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the Dauphiness, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Seite 91 - Unhappy it is, though, to reflect, that a brother's sword has been sheathed in a brother's breast, and that the once happy and peaceful plains of America are either to be drenched with blood, or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative ! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice ? I am with sincere regard, and affectionate compliments to Mrs.
Seite 333 - The general's apartment is very small," writes she to a friend ; " he has had a log cabin built to dine in, which has made our quarters much more tolerable than they were at first.
Seite 85 - With a dignity becoming your exalted situation make the first advances to concord, to peace, and happiness; for that is your true dignity, to act with prudence and justice. That you should first concede is obvious, from sound and rational policy. Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.
Seite 52 - Prayer, devoutly to implore the divine Interposition for averting the heavy Calamity, which threatens Destruction to our civil Rights, and the Evils of civil War; to give us one Heart and one Mind firmly to oppose, by all just and proper Means, every Injury to American Rights...
Seite 84 - ... urges you to allay the ferment in America, by a removal of your troops from Boston, by a repeal of your acts of parliament, and by demonstration of amicable dispositions towards your colonies.
Seite 192 - As to this gentleman, I must refer you to himself for his character and merits, with which he is certainly better acquainted than I can possibly be. I recommend him, however, to those civilities, which every stranger, of whom one knows no harm, has a right to ; and I request you will do him all the good offices, and show him all the favor, that, on further acquaintance, you shall find him to deserve. I have the honor to be, &c.
Seite 170 - The King's changing his pointed conductors for blunt ones is, therefore, a matter of small importance to me. If I had a wish about it, it would be, that he had rejected them altogether as ineffectual. For it is only since he thought himself and family safe from the thunder of Heaven, that he dared to use his own thunder in destroying his innocent subjects.
Seite 254 - Voltaire, regois la couronne, Que Ton vient de te presenter; II est beau de la meriter Quand c'est la France qui la donne.
Seite 286 - My Lords, his Majesty succeeded to an empire as great in extent as its reputation was unsullied. Shall we tarnish the lustre of this nation by an ignominious surrender of its rights and fairest possessions...