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Σελίδα 16
... that I had an intercourse with Louis and his unfortu- nate family . After they were arrested , I never for- sook them . I have had my eyes on them during their calamities . I have often consoled them by my pres- 16 THE MAGDALEN.
... that I had an intercourse with Louis and his unfortu- nate family . After they were arrested , I never for- sook them . I have had my eyes on them during their calamities . I have often consoled them by my pres- 16 THE MAGDALEN.
Σελίδα 17
... never abandoned the sad remains of the rest , before they had become the victims of the scaffold . I have done my duty in affording a feeble prop to those trees over- whelmed by the tempest . It was not the monarch , whom I succoured ...
... never abandoned the sad remains of the rest , before they had become the victims of the scaffold . I have done my duty in affording a feeble prop to those trees over- whelmed by the tempest . It was not the monarch , whom I succoured ...
Σελίδα 30
... never was possessed of those qualifications , which produce great kings . Louis had not that vast , profound , and universal soup - d'ail , which embraces at once , all the springs of the political machine ; that watchful genius , which ...
... never was possessed of those qualifications , which produce great kings . Louis had not that vast , profound , and universal soup - d'ail , which embraces at once , all the springs of the political machine ; that watchful genius , which ...
Σελίδα 31
... never wielded his sword , even when every motive pressed him to unsheath it . Let us not anticipate events , but let us remark only , that all the public actions of the king could not rise superior to that intrinsic goodness , so much ...
... never wielded his sword , even when every motive pressed him to unsheath it . Let us not anticipate events , but let us remark only , that all the public actions of the king could not rise superior to that intrinsic goodness , so much ...
Σελίδα 32
... mistake , if as justice requires , those actions are tried by their motives . The easy mind and wavering dis- position of Louis never allowed him to adopt decided measures . With the most sincere inclination to do good 32 THE MAGDALEN.
... mistake , if as justice requires , those actions are tried by their motives . The easy mind and wavering dis- position of Louis never allowed him to adopt decided measures . With the most sincere inclination to do good 32 THE MAGDALEN.
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Σελίδα 336 - You wish to be free, and you know not how to be just," could prevent the consummation of a financial measure at once so iniquitous and so replete with danger. On the 2d of November a decree passed the Assembly, placing all the property of the Church at the disposal of the Nation, and promising to make decent provision for the cost of worship, the support...
Σελίδα 95 - ... Streatham. And as the ship moved and left us, we shook ourselves from its spell as best we could and went on our various ways with a vision of foreign towns, blue waters and coral reefs. On the other side of the bridge a grey church on low ground lifts its tower against the warehouses and the cranes. This is one of the least known, and one of the most interesting, churches in London. It is Southwark Cathedral. I wonder why so few ever visit it. There is no excuse for this, for it is one of the...