Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution, 1. ciltT. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1799 - 517 sayfa |
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Sayfa 100 - ... Corneille and Racine, gave him lessons in geography, and exercised him in colouring the maps. The Queen, on her part, was employed in the education of her daughter, and these different lessons lasted till eleven o'clock. The remaining time till noon was passed in needlework, knitting, or making tapestry. At one o'clock, when the weather was fine, the royal family were conducted to the garden by four municipal officers and the commander of a legion of the national guard.
Sayfa 139 - I die innocent of all the crimes which have been imputed to me. I forgive my enemies. I implore God from the bottom of my heart to pardon them, and not to take vengeance on the French nation for the blood about to be shed — " He was continuing, when Santerre pushed furiously towards the drummers, and forced them to beat without interruption.
Sayfa 172 - WE SWEAR to be for ever faithful to the nation, to the law, and to the King ; to maintain with all our power the constitution decreed by the National Assembly, and accepted by the King ; and to remain united to all Frenchmen by indissoluble ties of fraternity.
Sayfa 172 - ... a vast band of martial music continued to play while he ascended the steps of the altar. In the view of the multitude who filled this immense circus around, he laid the point of his sword upon the bible which was on the table of the altar, and raising his other hand towards the sky, the music ceased ; an universal...
Sayfa 100 - ... went up to the King's chamber to breakfast. At ten, the King and his family went down to the Queen's chamber, and there passed the day. He employed himself in educating his son, made him recite passages from Corneille and Racine, gave him lessons in geography, and exercised him in colouring the maps. The Queen, on her part, was employed in the education of her daughter, and these different lessons lasted till eleven o'clock. The remaining time till noon was passed in needlework, knitting, or...
Sayfa 82 - There may be a possibility of my escaping,' said the king, ' but still there are many chances against it, and I am not lucky. I might risk another attempt, if I were alone ! Oh, if my wife and children were not with me, it would soon appear that I am not so weak as is imagined ; but what would become of them if the measures you allude to should fail .'' " ' But if your majesty should be assassinated, do you think that your family would be in greater safety?
Sayfa 119 - The king's appearance in the convention, the dignified resignation of his manner, the admirable promptitude and candour of his answers, made such an evident impression on some of the audience in the galleries, that a determined enemy of royalty, who had his eye upon them, declared that he was afraid of hearing the cry of Vive le Hoi ! issue from the tribunes ; and added, that if the king had remained ten minutes longer in their sight, he was convinced it would have happened : for which reason he...
Sayfa 98 - He shaved himself, and I dressed his hair ; he then went to his reading-room, which being very small, the municipal officer on duty remained in the bed-chamber with the door open, that he might always keep the King in sight. His majesty continued praying on his knees till five or six o'clock, and then read till nine.
Sayfa 109 - ... his majesty's chamber, that they might fall into his hands. He once read in one of those papers the petition of an engineer for the head of the tyrant Louis XVI., that he might load his piece with it, and shoot it at the enemy. Another journal...
Sayfa 97 - The four rooms, of which the King's apartments consisted, had a false ceiling of cloth, and the partitions were hung with a coloured paper. The antichamber had the appearance of the interior of a jail, and on one of the pannels was hung the Declaration of the Rights of Man, in very large characters with a tricoloured frame. A chest of drawers, a small bureau, four chairs with cushions, an armed chair, a few rush-bottomed chairs, a table, a...