| Mignet (M., François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis), François Auguste M.A. Mignet - 1826 - 456 Seiten
...that of power; and who united the two qualities of a good king — the love of God and the love of his people. He perished, the victim of passions which he did not share ; of the passions of those about him, to which he was a stranger ; and those of the multitude, which he... | |
| James Thomson - 1827 - 1012 Seiten
...sixteen years and a half, passed in endeavouring to do good, the hest but the weakest of monarchs ! — He perished, the victim of passions which he did not share ; of the passions of those about him to which he was a stranger ; and those of the multitude, which he had... | |
| William Russell - 1839 - 696 Seiten
...was capable of being a reformer before it broke out, Or of being a constitutional monarch after it. He perished, the victim of passions which he did not share ; of the passions of those about him, to which he was a stranger; and those of the multitude which he had... | |
| George Moir Bussey - 1840 - 668 Seiten
...even a passion for power, and who united the qualities of a good King — a love of God and of his people. He perished, the victim of passions which he did not share, and which he had not excited. There are few kings who have left behind them so excellent a memory.... | |
| William Russell - 1841 - 690 Seiten
...was capable of being a reformer before it broke out, or of being a constitutional monarch after it. He perished, the victim of passions which he did not share ; of the passions of those about him, to which he was a stranger ; and those of the multitude which he had... | |
| John Frost - 1846 - 386 Seiten
...love of power, and who united the two qualities of a good king, the fear of God and the love of his people. He perished the victim of passions which he did not share; of the passions of those about him, to which he was a stranger, and those of the multitude, which he had... | |
| Alexander Charles Ewald - 1868 - 640 Seiten
...was capable of being a reformer before it broke out, or of being a constitutional monarch after it. He perished, the victim of passions which he did not share ; of the passions of those about him, to which he was a stranger ; and those of the multitude which he had... | |
| Alexander Charles Ewald - 1868 - 644 Seiten
...was capable of being a reformer before it broke out, or of being a constitutional monarch after it. He perished, the victim of passions which he did not share ; of the passions of those about him, to which he was a stranger ; and those of the multitude which he had... | |
| Mignet (M., François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) - 1873 - 462 Seiten
...before it broke out, or of becoming a constitutional king afterwards. He is, perhaps, the only priace who, having no other passion, had not that of power,...that, with a little more strength of mind, he would ht!ve bevu Hit exemplary king. CHAPTER VII VUOM THE 218T OF JANUARY, 1793, TO THE 2ND OP JUNB. Political... | |
| Jeanne Louise H. Campan - 1883 - 436 Seiten
...His ancestors bequeathed him a revolution. He was better calculated than any of them to prevent or terminate it ; for he was capable of becoming a reformerking...persons about him to which he was a stranger, and of those of the multitude which he had not excited. — Mignet's French Revolution, p. 189. 3 The body... | |
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