This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1792 Excerpt: ...the Prince de Conde, the fifteenth of June is but juft corrie back Every body has been very uneafy about him, and it was reported, that it was all the Auftrians could do to fave him from. the fury of the French officers, on which even the Ariftocrats of the Affembly cried out fhame; and one in particular ventured to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1792 Excerpt: ...the Prince de Conde, the fifteenth of June is but juft corrie back Every body has been very uneafy about him, and it was reported, that it was all the Auftrians could do to fave him from. the fury of the French officers, on which even the Ariftocrats of the Affembly cried out fhame; and one in particular ventured to fay, that if his fon were in the number of thofe who dared to infult an Ambaflador, he Would immediately difinherit him. Monfieur Duveyrier does not make the ftory quite fb black; he fays, that whiiil he was detained at Luxemburgh, he ran the gauntle.t through the French officers, who loaded him with farcafms, farcafms, and exhaufted the whole tram of their raillery on him and his employers. Making his way, he fays, through the crowd to get at the Prince, was like paffing through the zodiac; one looked on him like a lion, another like a fcorpion, and the third like a bull; and every one had fomething difagreeable to fling in his teeth. In fhort, as foon as he had his anfwer from the Prince, who refpeded him as he ought to do, he took no regular leave of his countrymen, but made the beft of his way by night from Luxembourgh by a crofs road. The Comte d'Artois, it is faid, receives all fugitives with open arms who fly to his flandard; but then they muft be of good families, and bring undoubted marks of noble anceftry with them, or their reception is cold, and their advanceM ment incut How. I can give a good gitefs what will be the end of all this recourfe to the Emperor, and refuge in Germany; when the Prince of Conde's diamonds are fold, and the money fpent, and all the Comte d'Artois' refources are exhaufted, the Emperor and the King of Pruflla will be the firft to advife them to make the heft terms they can with the French nation, through the m...
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