Essays From the London Times: a Collection of Personal And Historical Sketches
Essays From the London Times: a Collection of Personal And Historical Sketches
Samuel Phillips
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The winter of 1788-9 was unusuallj severe. The Duke of Orleans kept open house for the famishing poor. Driving one day through the Faubourg de St Germain, he was so affected by the misery he tiiere bdidd, that he stopped, hired spacious i^>artments on the spot, and converted the rooms into a public kitchen, from which, at his own expense, he distributed a daily supply of food to all who chose to apply for it Was not this a " King of Paris" indeed ? About the same time the Duke pub- lished ^ a c...ircular of instructions to the constituencies in electing deputies,'' a document containing the writer's confession of political faith, and pronouncing his own severance from the King and the court "The effect of these instructions," says a modem writer, "was unpar- alleled. Whenever the Duke appeared in public, the very air rang with shouts of applause. Never did the pre- sence of Titus, — ^never did that of Henri Quatre, excite higher or more rapturous transports." Did he visit the theatre the performances were sui^[>ended that actors and audience might join in one tumultuous welcome of the hero.
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