 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 1006 pages
...nothing more magnanimous than the resolution which a monarch look who has reigned in our times, (Lous XIV.) to bury himself under the ruins of his throne...lofty to descend lower than his fortunes had sunk him ; he knew well that courage may strengthen a crown, but infam y never." Maret with earnestness represented,... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1842 - 1130 pages
...nothing more magnanimous than the resolution which a monarch took who has reigned in our times, (Lous XIV.,) to bury himself under the ruins of his throne...lofty to descend lower than his fortunes had sunk him ; he knew well that courage may strengthen a crown, but infamy never." Maret with earnestness represented,... | |
 | Joel Tyler Headley - France - 1851 - 366 pages
...aloud, " I know nothing more magnanimous than the resolution which a monarch took who has reigned in our times (Louis XIV.) to bury himself under the ruins...lofty to descend lower than his fortunes had sunk him, he knew well that courage may strengthen a crown, but infamy never." Sustained by such a lofty resolution,... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1853 - 570 pages
...Caulaincourt had represented to Napoleon by letter, on the 31st of January, the importance of rrceiving precise and positive instructions : " the fate of...to the safety of the state, which would otherwise fait with its monarch. " Well, be it so !" said the Emperor, after a pause: " let Caulaincourt sign... | |
 | Michael Rafter - Household brigade - 1854 - 852 pages
...aloud, " I know nothing more magnanimous than the resolution which a monarch took who has reigned in our times (Louis XIV.) to bury himself under the ruins...lofty to descend lower than his fortunes had sunk him, he knew well that courage may strengthen a crown, but infamy never." Sustained by such a lofty resolution,... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - Literature - 1854 - 884 pages
...know nothing more magnanimous, than a resolution which a monarch took, who has reigned in our times, to bury himself under the ruins of his throne, rather...lofty to descend lower than his fortunes had sunk him. He knew well that courage may strengthen a crown, but infamy never." In silence he closed the book.... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1855 - 386 pages
...— " I know nothing more magnanimousthantheresolution which a monarch took who has reigned in our times, (Louis XIV.), to bury himself under the ruins...lofty to descend lower than his fortunes had sunk him; he knew well that courage may strengthen a crown, but infamy never." Maret with earnestness represented... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Great Britain - 1861 - 676 pages
...resolution which a monarch took, who reigned in our time, to bury himself under the ruins of his house rather than accept conditions unworthy of a king. He had a mind too lofty to descend lower than fortune had sunk him. He knew well that courage may strengthen a crown, infamy never." " But," said... | |
 | J. T. Headley - France - 1888 - 334 pages
...aloud, " I know nothing moro magnanimous than the resolution which a monarch took who has reigned in our times (Louis XIV.) to bury himself under the ruins...rather than accept conditions unworthy of a king. Iie had a mind too lofty to descend lower than his fortunes had sunk him, he knew well that courage... | |
 | Max Lenz - France - 1907 - 526 pages
...read : " I know of no more magnanimous act than the resolution taken by a monarch of our own times to bury himself under the ruins of his throne, rather than accept proposals that a king should not listen to ; for he was too proud to descend to a lower depth than... | |
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XIV.,) to bury himself under the ruins of his throne rather than accept conditions unworthy of a king. He had a mind too lofty to descend lower than his fortunes had sunk him ; he knew well that courage may strengthen a crown, but infamy never. 
