 This superb esplanade takes its name from his luxurious and feeble descendant, and here, upon the very spot where I now stand, the most virtuous of the Bourbon race expiated, by a violent death inflicted by his own subjects, and in view of his own palace,...  Paul's Letters to His Kinsfolk - Page 301by Walter Scott - 1816 - 468 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...' themselves, and so powerfully associated with deep historic ' and moral interest. ' And here am I at length in Paris,' ' was the natural reflection...own subjects, and in view * of his own palace, the ambitions and follies of his prede' cessors. There is an awful solemnity in the reflection, ' how few... | |
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...dared to Itave anticipated ! That is the palace of Louis le Grand, but how long have his d&seendants been banished from its halls, and under what auspices...now again possess them ! This superb esplanade takes ita name from his huurious and feeble descendant ; and here, upon the very spot where I now stand,... | |
 | John Leycester Adolphus - English fiction - 1822 - 228 pages
...dared to have anticipated ! That is the palace of Louis le Grand ; but how long have his descendants been banished from its halls, and under what auspices...his own subjects, and in view of his own palace, the ambitions and follies of his predecessors. There is an awful solemnity in the reflection, how few of... | |
 | John Leycester Adolphus - English fiction - 1822 - 340 pages
...to have anticipated ! That is ' the palace of Louis le Grand ; but how long have ' his descendants been banished from its halls, and ' under what auspices...descendant ; and here, ' upon the very spot where 1 now stand, the most ' virtuous of the Bourbon race expiated, by a ' violent death inflicted by his... | |
 | John Leycester Adolphus - English fiction - 1822 - 228 pages
...dared to have anticipated ! That is the palace of Louis le Grand ; but how long have his descendants been banished from its halls, and under what auspices do they now again possess them ! This supeVo esplanade takes its name from his luxurious and feeble descendant, and here, upon the very spot... | |
 | Books - 1827 - 552 pages
...Letters to his Kinsfolk" (Letter XII.) where the writer is speaking of the Place de Louis Quinze : " Here, upon the very spot where I now stand, the most...his own subjects, and in view of his own palace, the ambitions and follies of his predecessors. There is an awful solemnity in the reflection, how few of... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Books - 1827 - 548 pages
...Letters to his Kinsfolk" (Letter XII.) where the writer is speaking of the Place de Louis Quinze : " Here, upon the very spot where I now stand, the most...his own subjects, and in view of his own palace, the ambitions and follies of his predecessors. There is an awful solemnity in the reflection, how few of... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1827 - 554 pages
...Letters to his Kinsfolk" (Letter XII.) where the writer is speaking of the Place de Louis Quinze : " Here, upon the very spot where I now stand, the most...his own subjects, and in view of his own palace, the ambitions and follies of his predecessors. There is an awful solemnity in the reflection, how few of... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1827 - 550 pages
...Letters to his Kinsfolk" (Letter XII.) where the writer is speakingof the Place de Louis Quinze : " Here, upon the very spot where I now stand, the most...expiated, by a violent death, inflicted by his own Bubjects, and in view of his own palace, the ambitions and follies of his predecessors. There is an... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1829 - 376 pages
...dared to have anticipated ! That is the palace of Louis le Grand, but how long have his descendants been banished from its halls, and under what auspices...possess them! This superb esplanade takes its name REFLECTIONS. 1 67 from his luxurious and feeble descendant ; and here, upon the very spot where I now... | |
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