Lamartine's Works ..., Volume 6G. Bell & sons, 1891 |
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Page 76
... crimes . The Royalists of Charles the Second's time made a hero of Monk , the Royalists of Louis XVIII . made a Monk of Fouché , the ruler at once of the revolution , of the people , and of Na- poleon . Parties , " they exclaimed ...
... crimes . The Royalists of Charles the Second's time made a hero of Monk , the Royalists of Louis XVIII . made a Monk of Fouché , the ruler at once of the revolution , of the people , and of Na- poleon . Parties , " they exclaimed ...
Page 80
... crime . The throne itself , if such a degradation of royal character had been necessary to ascend it , was too dear at this price . The impatience to reign dishonoured the reign itself . The King felt all these considerations , if not ...
... crime . The throne itself , if such a degradation of royal character had been necessary to ascend it , was too dear at this price . The impatience to reign dishonoured the reign itself . The King felt all these considerations , if not ...
Page 81
... crimes redeemed by great services . " The princess was obliged to devour in silence her humiliation and her grief , but she remained at her uncle's court . It would have been more filial and more dignified on her part to protest by her ...
... crimes redeemed by great services . " The princess was obliged to devour in silence her humiliation and her grief , but she remained at her uncle's court . It would have been more filial and more dignified on her part to protest by her ...
Page 97
... crime against his country ; his march upon Paris was a heroism and a triumph , but it was the heroism of selfishness , and the triumph of sedition . The preparations for war were indolent , undecided , and em barrassed by that ...
... crime against his country ; his march upon Paris was a heroism and a triumph , but it was the heroism of selfishness , and the triumph of sedition . The preparations for war were indolent , undecided , and em barrassed by that ...
Page 98
... crime of this second invasion . The King must have had great courage , or a great thirst of dominion , to accept a throne and a people buried under so many ruins . There never was , perhaps , an epoch in the history of France more ...
... crime of this second invasion . The King must have had great courage , or a great thirst of dominion , to accept a throne and a people buried under so many ruins . There never was , perhaps , an epoch in the history of France more ...
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