Louis XVII.: His Life, His Suffering, His Death: the Captivity of the Royal Family in the Temple, Tập 2Vizetelly, 1853 |
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Trang 377 - Oh, sir!' cried he, throwing himself into a chair, ' what an interview have I ' gone through. Why should I love so ' tenderly, and why should I be so ten
Trang 373 - King hastened to inquire from me the state of his clergy and of the French church. Some things he had learned notwithstanding the rigour of his confinement ; he knew in general that the French ecclesiastics had been obliged to fly their country, and had been received in London, but he was entirely ignorant of particulars. The little that I thought it my duty to tell him, seemed to make a great impression upon his Majesty's mind ; he deplored the fate of his clergy, and he expressed the greatest admiration...
Trang 378 - ... with me, as we were obliged to do to all good Christians, who were detained in their own houses; but the strict search it was necessary to submit to in coming to the Temple, and the profanation which would infallibly have followed, were motives more than sufficient to have prevented me. There remained no other resource than for me to say mass in the King's chamber, if I could find the means. I proposed it to him, but though he desired it most ardently, he seemed afraid of compromising my safety....
Trang 379 - They re-conducted me to the King, who awaited with anxiety the conclusion of this affair. The summary account which I gave him, in which I suppressed all particulars, pleased him extremely. " It was now past ten o'clock, and I remained with the King till the night was far advanced ; when perceiving that he was fatigued, I requested him to take some repose. He complied with his accustomed kindness, and charged me to lie down also.
Trang 384 - In a short time detachments of cavalry entered the court of the Temple, and the voices of officers, and the trampling of horses, were distinctly heard. The King listened again, and said to me, with the same composure, ' They • seem to be approaching.
Trang 373 - ... he entered into particulars that surprised me ; he wished to know what had become of many of the clergy in whose welfare he took a peculiar interest. The cardinal de la RochefoucauLt and the bishop de Clermont seemed to fix his attention, but his eagerness redoubled at the name of the archbishop of Paris: he inquired where he was, what he was doing, and whether I had the power of corresponding with him : — ' Tell him/ said the king, ' that I die in his communion, and that I never have acknowledged...
Trang 398 - I die innocent of the crimes imputed to me. I forgive the authors of my death, and I pray God that the blood you are about to shed may never be required of France.
Trang 367 - ... and to religion itself, which received for the first time a sort of homage from the new government, I thought I ought on this occasion to resume the exterior marks of my station. At least to make the attempt appeared to me a duty. I mentioned it to the Minister before we quitted the Thuilleries ; but he rejected my proposition in terms that prevented my further insisting upon it, though without using any offensive language towards me. " Our drive to the Temple passed in gloomy silence. Two or...
Trang 385 - On taking leave of the Queen the evening before, he had promised to see her again the next day, and he wished earnestly to keep his word ; but I intreated him not to put the Queen to a trial under which she must sink. He hesitated a moment, and then with an expression of profound grief said, — ' You are right, sir, it would kill her. I must deprive myself of this melancholy consolation, and let her indulge in hope a few moments longer.
Trang 398 - Sire, in this new insult, I only see another trait of resemblance between your Majesty and the Saviour Who is about to recompense you.' At these words he raised his eyes to heaven with an expression that can never be described. ' You are right,