Louis the Fourteenth And the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century volume
Louis the Fourteenth And the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century volume
Pardoe, Miss (Julia), 1806-1862
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I ' ;hout the ; the universal clamour rai ire which he had te I : and, wounded and alarm lie was on the point of reti iven pr when Madame de Maintenon, by whom he had l> urged to this unpopular demonstration, cake 1 to her aid the Duke and Duchess of Maine, who, assisted 410 Louis XIV. And by their partisans, surrounded the wavering Monarch with flatteries and ecomiums, expatiating on his power, his justice, and his generosity, and assuring him that the promptitude with which his wishes had bee...n obeyed by the whole Court sufficiently testified the ardour with which they entered into his views, while the citizens were, on their side, unanimous in their applause. Louis XIV. Was old : in his most palmy days he had been gratified by the servility of those about him ; and now, when he was bowed by years, and that his laurels had been rudely rent, he clung more tenaciously than ever to his power of compelling obedience. For a while he hesitated; but the blandishments of his daughter-in-law, the arguments of Madame de Main- tenon, and the entreaties of the Duke of Maine proved irresistible, and the decision was not revoked.
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