Paris, and Its Historical Scenes, Band 10M. A. Nattali, 1848 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afterwards already Antoine appeared arms arrived assailants attack attempt authority body Boulevards building called capital chamber Charles citizens Coligny command commenced continued Convention court crowd Dauphin decree deputies door Duke Duke of Anjou Duke of Guise Dulaure erected escape execution Faubourg St Fédérés force France garden Girondists hall head Henry Histoire de Paris Honoré Hôtel Hôtel de Ville hour Huguenots hundred immediately king King of Navarre Lafayette legislative legislature Louvre Madame majesty massacre Mémoires ment Mergey military morning multitude National Assembly national guards Navarre night o'clock occasion palace Palais party passed persons Pétion Place du Carrousel Pont Pont Neuf popular present Prince Prince of Condé principal prison proceeded protection quays queen rabble reign remained residence Revolution river Robespierre royal family Rue St sans-culotte scaffold scene soldiers soon streets Swiss tion took town troops Tuileries Versailles violent walls
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 90 - ... the existence of a Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul.
Seite 59 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem; Which vainly I suppos'd the Holy Land: — But bear me to that chamber; there I'll lie; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
Seite 99 - To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power ; teach obedience, and the work is done. To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government; that is, to temper together those opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one consistent work, requires much thought; deep reflection ; a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.
Seite 259 - adieu " in so expressive a manner that the sobs redoubled. Madame Royale fell fainting at the king's feet, which she clasped ; I raised her and helped Madame Elisabeth to hold her. The king, wishing to put an end to this heart-rending 'scene, gave them all a most tender embrace, and then had the strength to tear himself from their arms. " Adieu — adieu," he said, and re-entered his chamber.
Seite 143 - The murderers left the heyduc to come to me. The women threw themselves at their feet, and held their sabres. The narrowness of the staircase impeded the assassins ; but I had already felt a horrid hand thrust into my back to seize me by my clothes, when some one called out from the bottom of the staircase, " What are you doing above there ? We dont kill women." I was on my knees ; my executioner quitted his hold of me, and said, " Get up, you jade ; the nation pardons you.
Seite 115 - I have already declared. Wherefore, I swear to be faithful to the nation and to the law, and to employ all the power which is delegated to me, in maintaining the Constitution, and causing the laws to be executed. May this great and memorable epoch be that of the re-establishment of peace and union — the pledge of the happiness of the people, and the prosperity of the empire.
Seite 150 - Madame de Lamballe ; once or twice she stood up, and, leaning forward, surveyed every part of the hall. A person near me remarked, that her face indicated rage and the most provoking arrogance. I perceived nothing of that nature ; although the turn of the debate, as well as the remarks which were made by some of the members, must have appeared to her highly insolent and provoking.
Seite 31 - In taking two stations having the same value, the one to the north and the other to the south of...
Seite 144 - Tuillcries; some lying single in different parts of the gardens ; and some in heaps, one above another, particularly near the terrace of the Feuillans. The garden and adjacent courts were crowded with spectators, among whom there was a considerable...
Seite 115 - ... 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.