True Stories from History

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John E. Beardsley, 1854 - France - 368 pages
 

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Page 144 - ... fled to another part of the palace in her nightclothes*. By the exertions of Lafayette, however, something like a calm was once more produced ; and the populace consented to return to Paris, on condition of being accompanied by their majesties. The king, the queen, the king's sister Madame Elizabeth, the Dauphin, the deputies Barnave and Petion, were then all put into the same carriage, which immediately took the road to the capital, surrounded on all sides by the immense multitude ; who now,...
Page 357 - did you have my letter ] I can not believe it, as they refuse me admittance to you. I hope that to-morrow you will grant me the interview I request. I repeat that I am just arrived from Caen, and have secrets to disclose to you most important for the safety of the republic. Besides, I an?
Page 326 - When I first saw Mr. Williams, I was more particularly impressed with his resemblance to the portraits of Louis XVI. and XVIII. ; and the general Bourbonic outline of his face and head. As I conversed with him, I noticed several physiognomical details, which rendered the resemblance to the family more striking. The upper part of the face is decidedly of a Bourbon cast, while the mouth and lower part resemble the House of Hapsburg.
Page 55 - ... bustle unavoidably attendant upon the eve of so terrible an enterprise, had awakened from their sleep many of those who were lodged in the quarter principally disturbed by these noises. Rising from their beds they left their houses and proceeded to the Louvre, in order, if possible, to ascertain the meaning of such unusual commotion. On addressing their inquiries to the soldiers whom they found stationed around the palace, they were informed that the whole was occasioned merely by the preparations...
Page 141 - Guard to their officers, at which the royal family having presented themselves, the most violent demonstrations had been offered by the whole company, of their detestation of the new order of things, and their determination to devote themselves to bring about a counter-revolution. Among many similar extravagances, the white cockade, it was said, had been mounted by these daring revellers, and that of the nation trampled under foot. Inflamed to the highest- pitch of fury by this intelligence, the...
Page 61 - ... an oath, first thrust his sword into his breast, and afterwards struck him with it repeatedly on the head ; at the same time the rest assailed him with like ferocity, till he fell down dead upon the floor. The voice of the Duke of Guise was now heard from below, inquiring if the deed was done ? On being answered in the affirmative, he ordered them to throw the dead body from the window, that he might see with his own eyes whether or not it was really the Admiral they had slain. At first, when...
Page 203 - ... remained seated, he sat down also. In concluding, he said, with a desperate and most painful effort to look happy and in earnest : — " I thus solemnly consecrate the acceptation I have given to the constitutional act ; and in consequence I swear to be faithful to the nation and the law, and to employ all the power which is delegated to me in maintaining the constitution and causing the laws to be executed.
Page 68 - ... they were only destroying those who would otherwise have massacred them), the multitude set no bounds to their ferocity and cruelty. Persons of both sexes and of all ages equally fell victims to their unpitying rage. Every house supposed to be tenanted by persons of the obnoxious religion was broken into. The inmates sometimes attempted to fly or to hide themselves, but rarely offered any resistance. It was all headlong fury on the one side, and astonishment and consternation on the other. Nor...
Page 353 - He implored her to authorize him to ask her hand of her relations. She turned this sudden love into kind raillery and mirth. She promised the young man to let him know her name and her disposition in regard to himself at a later period. She charmed her fellow-travelers to the end of the journey, by that delightful conduct from which all regretted to separate themselves.
Page 275 - Tisons were shocked at the mischief their denunciations had wrought, and both soon showed signs of repentance, especially the woman, who actually went mad from anxiety and remorse. She began by falling into a deep and restless melancholy, accusing herself of the crimes she had witnessed, and of the murders which she foresaw, of the Queen, Madame Elizabeth, and the Municipals who had been implicated by their accusations.

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