Lectures on History: Second and Concluding Series, on the French Revolution, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1840 - France |
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... king and his ministers ; these are the topics of the work , interspersed with many curious anecdotes and descriptions of the king's children , legitimate and illegiti- mate , with some account of Fénélon ; of the duke of Bur- gundy ...
... king and his ministers ; these are the topics of the work , interspersed with many curious anecdotes and descriptions of the king's children , legitimate and illegiti- mate , with some account of Fénélon ; of the duke of Bur- gundy ...
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... king ( Louis XV . ) undertook to be his own prime minister ; an unpromising experiment for a country at any time . In this instance the result was only , that the king's mistress , M. de Chateauroux , became the ruler of France , and ...
... king ( Louis XV . ) undertook to be his own prime minister ; an unpromising experiment for a country at any time . In this instance the result was only , that the king's mistress , M. de Chateauroux , became the ruler of France , and ...
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... king of France soon showed the fallacy of the whole , by assuming the title of king of Corsica . The Corsicans displayed all the indignation of a people abused by vain promises . The English animated their resis- tance by promises of ...
... king of France soon showed the fallacy of the whole , by assuming the title of king of Corsica . The Corsicans displayed all the indignation of a people abused by vain promises . The English animated their resis- tance by promises of ...
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... king's edicts , and therefore to the taxes . The power of thus legalizing the king's taxes would not have been contested with the States General ; but the parliament only claimed as the representative of the States General , in the ...
... king's edicts , and therefore to the taxes . The power of thus legalizing the king's taxes would not have been contested with the States General ; but the parliament only claimed as the representative of the States General , in the ...
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... king , M. de Pompadour , and the Duc de Choiseul . Again " the regent , " said the king one day ( p . 37 ) , " was very wrong in restoring to the parliaments the right of re- monstrating . They will end in ruining the state . " " Oh ...
... king , M. de Pompadour , and the Duc de Choiseul . Again " the regent , " said the king one day ( p . 37 ) , " was very wrong in restoring to the parliaments the right of re- monstrating . They will end in ruining the state . " " Oh ...
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Page 373 - Blacon, Mounier, Maubourg, and Dagout. These were leading patriots of honest but differing opinions, sensible of the necessity of effecting a coalition by mutual sacrifices, knowing each other, and not afraid, therefore, to unbosom themselves mutually.
Page 47 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 211 - I urge the great probability, that should they once unite, there will remain no power of ever separating them; and that in such case, they will have a very questionable constitution, perhaps a very bad one; I am always told, that the first object must be for the people to get the power of doing good; and that it is no argument against such a conduct to urge that an ill use may be made of it. But among such men, the common idea is, that any thing tending towards a separate order, like our house of...
Page 303 - I was much acquainted with the leading patriots of the Assembly. Being from a country which had successfully passed through a similar reformation, they were disposed to my acquaintance, and had some confidence in me. I urged most strenuously an immediate compromise, to secure what the government was now ready to yield, and trust to future occasions for what might still be wanting.
Page 374 - I was a silent witness to a coolness and candour of argument, unusual in the conflicts of political opinion; to a logical reasoning, and chaste eloquence, disfigured by no gaudy tinsel of rhetoric or declamation, and truly worthy of being placed in parallel with the finest dialogues of antiquity, as handed to us by Xenophon, by Plato, and Cicero.
Page 209 - The business going forward at present in the pamphlet shops of Paris is incredible. I went to the Palais Royal to see what new things were published, and to procure a catalogue of all. Every hour produces something new. Thirteen came out today, sixteen yesterday, and ninety-two last week.
Page 214 - Royal ; a full detail of yesterday's proceedings was brought this morning, and read by many apparent leaders of little parties, with comments, to the people. To my surprise, the king's propositions are received with universal disgust. He said nothing explicit on the periodical meeting of the states ; he declared all the old feudal rights to be retained as property. These, and the change in the balance of representation in the provincial assemblies, are the articles that give the greatest offence....
Page 373 - The cloth being removed, and wine set on the table, after the American manner, the Marquis introduced the objects of the conference, by summarily reminding them of the state of things in the Assembly, the course which the principles of the Constitution were taking, and the inevitable result, unless checked by more concord among the patriots themselves...
Page 373 - The discussions, began at the hour of four, and were continued till ten o'clock in the evening ; during which time, I was a silent witness to a coolness and candor of argument, unusual in the conflicts of political opinion ; to a logical reasoning, and chaste eloquence, disfigured by no gaudy tinsel of rhetoric or declamation, and truly worthy of being placed in parallel with the finest dialogues of antiquity, as handed to us by Xenophon, by Plato and...
Page 210 - ... to certain orators, who from chairs or tables harangue each his little audience : the eagerness with which they are heard, and the thunder of applause they receive for every sentiment of more than common hardiness or violence against the present government, cannot easily be imagined.