Royal and Republican France: A Series of Essays Reprinted from the 'Edinburgh,' 'Quarterly,' and 'British and Foreign' Reviews, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1872 - France |
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Page 378 - Throughout the war a dispute raged around the consequences of the suspension of cash payments by the Bank of England in 1 793.
Page 56 - France hath avowed he will be content with, so as I have done nothing to prejudice France in this agreement. And they cannot wonder that I provide for myself against any...
Page 167 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Page 258 - King in possession of his faculties to the last moment, and his end was very edifying. The new King seems to have the heart of his people : two days before his grandfather's death he caused 200,000 francs to be distributed to the poor, which produced a great effect.
Page 258 - ... death-bed — the new appointments in the Queen's household, &c. It then concludes thus : — ' Though God caused me to be born in the rank I now occupy. I cannot but admire the order of His providence, which has selected me — me, the last of your children, for the finest realm in Europe. I feel more than ever what I owe to the tenderness of my august mother, who took so much pains and care to procure for me this great establishment. I never...
Page 116 - Dangeau, par des hasards si grands, . Si la paix dure encor dix ans Tu seras mare"chal de France. In the early years of Louis XIV., before bigotry and ennui had overshadowed the Court, Dangeau had enjoyed the unbounded confidence of the monarch — in his pleasures. They were born in the same year, and Dangeau was one of the few courtiers of the Grand Monarque destined to survive a reign of seventy-three years.
Page 411 - Louise has 100,000 ecus (12,000/.), and never spends that sum ; she pays her bills once a week, goes without new gowns if that be necessary, and suffers privations to avoid having debts. The expenses of the Empress Josephine's household ought not to exceed one million. If there are too many horses, cut them down. The Empress Josephine has children and grandchildren for whom she ought to lay by. Sur ce, &c.
Page 56 - I believe you will be a little surprised at the treaty I have concluded with the States. The effect of it is to bring Spain to consent to the peace, upon the terms the King of France hath avowed he will be content with, so as I have done nothing to prejudice France in this agreement.
Page 141 - December, 1723. They therefore comprise thirty-three years, wanting two or three months. Mr. Reeve also states " that the first ten chapters of the memoirs are remarkably incoherent, as if the author had not yet settled the plan he was finally to adopt.
Page 63 - France pour se créer un commerce et pour être une puissance maritime imposante; c'est un si grand, sujet d'ombrage pour nous , qui ne pouvons avoir d'importance que par notre commerce et par nos forces de mer, que chaque pas que la France fera dans cette voie perpétuera la jalousie entre les deux nations.