Excerpt from Louis the Fourteenth, Vol. 1: The Court of France in the Seventeenth Century To the historian the reign of Louis XIV. Is like the kaleidoscope, of which every evolution presents a new phase of harmony and beauty; but to the more humble chronicler, captivated as he cannot fail to be by its general effect, it loses somewhat of its splen dour - compelled as he is to dismount the machine, and by observing analytically the concomitant atoms from whence proceed the marvellous combinations which, as a whole, produce ...
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Excerpt from Louis the Fourteenth, Vol. 1: The Court of France in the Seventeenth Century To the historian the reign of Louis XIV. Is like the kaleidoscope, of which every evolution presents a new phase of harmony and beauty; but to the more humble chronicler, captivated as he cannot fail to be by its general effect, it loses somewhat of its splen dour - compelled as he is to dismount the machine, and by observing analytically the concomitant atoms from whence proceed the marvellous combinations which, as a whole, produce such wonderful effects, to recognise the utter worthlessness of many of its details. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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