...buried. The closing of the cemetery by order of the King gave rise to the famous satirical verses: De par le roi: defense a Dieu, De faire miracle en ce lieu. In process of time Jansenism lost its influence, owing partly to the writings of the Encyclopedists...

...that the public were excluded. Whereupon a wag affixed to the gate the following lampoon :• — • de par le Roi defense a Dieu de faire miracle en ce lieu ! 1 One such sign was the strike at Lyons in 1744. 2 Rocquain (" L'Esprit Re'volutionnaire avant la...

...extensive, the Government intervened ; whereupon a wag adorned the church door with the inscription : De par le Roi, defense a Dieu De faire miracle en ce lieu, and this is what some pseudo-scientists have done. But the attitude is not scientific. Science stands for...

...prodigies unauthorized by the Church took place, and on whose barred gates some wit hung the lines: " De par le roi defense a Dieu De faire miracle en ce lieu," is chronicled. The closing of the Entresol Club, a reunion where men of letters, officials, and diplomalists...

...the police finally closed the cemetery in 1732, a jester wrote on the wall : — 1 Statute labour. " De par le roi defense a Dieu De faire miracle en ce lieu." Foreign Affairs: Reconciliation with Spain (172&-1731).— The Duke of Bourbon had left his successor...

...prodigies unauthorized by the Church took place, and on whose barred gates some wit hung the lines: "De par le roi defense a Dieu De faire miracle en ce lieu," is chronicled. The closing of the Entresol Club, a reunion where men of letters, officials, and diplomalists...

...1732, the cemetery was closed by order of the king. On its closed gate a wit inscribed the lines : De par le roi defense a Dieu De faire miracle en ce lieu. However the king's ordinance did not put an end to the epidemic, which spread from Paris to many other...

...victim. The sovereign defended himself as he could ; he dispersed the rabble and prohibited the miracles. De par le Roi, defense a Dieu De faire miracle en ce lieu, read an ironical distich written in France in the " Diacre Paris" days. Similarly disposed, Edward...

...January 1732, the graveyard was closed and a placard placed on the gate bearing the sacreligious lines: "De par le Roi, defense a Dieu, De faire miracle en ce lieu." The churchyard of St. Medard is now a charmingly embowered and beflowered greenery, with pretty walks,...

...ascribed miraculous powers. In 1732 the authorities closed the cemetery, which gave rise to the witticism "De par le Roi, defense a Dieu De faire miracle en ce lieu". No. 3 Rue de 1'Arbalcte, at the corner of the Rue Mouffetard (p. 286), was the birthplace of Rodin...