 | Victor Hugo - 1899 - 54 pages
...born Louis XIV still reigned, when he died Louis XVI reigned already ; so that his cradle could see the last rays of the great throne, and his coffin the first gleams from the great abyss. [Applause.] Before going further, let us come to an understanding, gentlemen, upon the word abyss.... | |
 | Voltaire - 1901 - 644 pages
...Louis XIV. still reigned ; when he died, Louis XVI. reigned already ; so that his cradle could see the last rays of the great throne, and his coffin the first gleams from the great abyss. Before going further, let us come to an under standing, gentlemen, upon the word abyss. There are good... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1902 - 714 pages
...mission evidently chosen for him by the Supreme Will, which manifests itself as visibly in the laws of destiny as in the laws of nature. The eighty-four...rays of the great throne and his coffin the first beams from the great abyss The court was full of festivities ; Versailles was radiant ; Paris was ignorant... | |
 | Victor Thaddeus - 1928 - 332 pages
...born, Louis XIV still reigned; when he died, Louis XVI reigned already; so that his cradle could see the last rays of the great throne, and his coffin the first gleams from the great abyss. Before going further, let us come to an understanding, gentlemen, upon the word abyss. There are good... | |
 | Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1928 - 508 pages
...its dawn. When he was born, Louis XIV still reigned; when he died, Louis XVI already wore the crown; so that his cradle saw the last rays of the great...his coffin the first gleams from the great abyss. Before going further, let us come to an understanding upon the word abyss. There are good abysses :... | |
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XVI reigned already; so that his cradle could see the last rays of the great throne, and his coffin the first gleams from the great abyss. 