... the state of things. It was proposed to appoint deputies to visit the provinces, buy corn, and watch over the public peace. It was a bold attempt under Louis XIV., whose choler was extreme on the occasion. The History of France ... - Seite 128von Eyre Evans Crowe - 1869Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Eyre Evans Crowe - 1837 - 370 Seiten
...peace. It was a bold attempt under Louis XIV., whose choler was extreme on the occasion. He reprimanded the parliament, and told them that they had as little...bankrupt. Even the insufficient revenue could not be collected ; and an adulteration of the coin was had recourse to as the only expedient. Louis despatched... | |
| John Coleman (of Dover.) - 1851 - 892 Seiten
...lowest ebb. Yet Louis XIV. sent the Chancellor to reprimand the Parliament, and tell the magistrates that they had as little to do with corn as with taxation. Before however the conduct of Louis XIV., respecting the Parliaments or the States General, can be... | |
| 1852 - 444 Seiten
...Louis XIV., whose choler was extreme on the occasion. He reprimanded the parliament, and told them they had as little to do with corn as with taxation. The magistrates obeyed, and were silent. Reverses so numerous entailed extreme miseries on the population of France, credit was annihilated,... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1854 - 622 Seiten
...provinces, buy corn, and watch ovur the public peace, the haughty monarch reprimanded them, and told them they had as little to do with corn as with taxation. The magistrates were silent, and lesisted from farther interference with the claims of the royal prer >gative. 9 With... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1854 - 894 Seiten
...provinces, buy corn, and watch over the public peace, the haughty monarch reprimanded them, and told them they had as little to do with corn as with taxation. The magistrates were silent, and desisted from farther interference with the claims of the royal prerogative. 9. With... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1874 - 624 Seiten
...provinces, buy corn, and watch over the public peace, the haughty monarch reprimanded them, and told them they had as little to do with corn as with taxation. The magistrates were silent, and desisted from farther interference with the claims of the royal prer )gative. 9 With... | |
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