Heroes, Philosophers, and Courtiers of the Time of Louis XVI.Hurst and Blackett, 1863 |
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... father and mother , who had both died young , were notorious for the sanctity of their lives . From them he inherited an extreme reverence for the authority of the Church , and this reverence was fostered by the teaching of his tutor ...
... father and mother , who had both died young , were notorious for the sanctity of their lives . From them he inherited an extreme reverence for the authority of the Church , and this reverence was fostered by the teaching of his tutor ...
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... father , and , to the last , the King would often go to her convent , there to spend hours in her society , which , despite her re- monstrances just alluded to , he preferred to that of her sisters , who were intriguing at Versailles ...
... father , and , to the last , the King would often go to her convent , there to spend hours in her society , which , despite her re- monstrances just alluded to , he preferred to that of her sisters , who were intriguing at Versailles ...
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... father . When she heard him coming down the long galleries of Versailles , says Madame Campan , who was her companion , to pay his daily visit to her and her sisters , she being small and ill made , had difficulty in running to meet him ...
... father . When she heard him coming down the long galleries of Versailles , says Madame Campan , who was her companion , to pay his daily visit to her and her sisters , she being small and ill made , had difficulty in running to meet him ...
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... father's mistress , who had pro- moted the political Austrian alliance with France , in 1756 ; and it was by the advice of Madame Adelaide , the young King's most revered aunt and godmother , that he recalled the Count de Maurepas to ...
... father's mistress , who had pro- moted the political Austrian alliance with France , in 1756 ; and it was by the advice of Madame Adelaide , the young King's most revered aunt and godmother , that he recalled the Count de Maurepas to ...
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... father had written a pamph- * Old Marquis Mirabeau , author of " Ami des Hommes , ” a family tyrant . Has one son , Count Mirabeau ( born 1749 ) . Young Count serves in Corsica as volunteer , but is married by family command , in 1771 ...
... father had written a pamph- * Old Marquis Mirabeau , author of " Ami des Hommes , ” a family tyrant . Has one son , Count Mirabeau ( born 1749 ) . Young Count serves in Corsica as volunteer , but is married by family command , in 1771 ...
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Beliebte Passagen
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...