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. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ...of valour, he lost the battle of Pavia, he sent his mother, Louisa of Savoy, the news of his captivity in a dignified and expressive sentence, which will ever be remembered, "Tout est perdu, Madame, hormis Vhonneur"--" All is lost, Madame, except honour." When this accomplished prince delivered up his sword 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. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ...of valour, he lost the battle of Pavia, he sent his mother, Louisa of Savoy, the news of his captivity in a dignified and expressive sentence, which will ever be remembered, "Tout est perdu, Madame, hormis Vhonneur"--" All is lost, Madame, except honour." When this accomplished prince delivered up his sword to Lannoi, the Spanish general, he said, "Sir, I deliver you the sword of a monarch, who is entitled to some distinction from having with his own hand killed so many of your soldiers before he surrendered himself, and who is at last a prisoner from a wretched reverse of fortune, rather than from any cowardice." This monarch was as gentle and refined as a lover, as he was brave as a soldier, and great as a king. It was he who declared that "A court without ladies is like spring without flowers." And yet he once engraved upon a window at Rambouillet, with a diamond, the following verse: "Lovely sex, too given to range, Lovely sex, too prone to change; Alas! what man can trust your charms, Or seek his safety in your arms?" The Spaniards are about the most gallant people of modern nations. Indeed, in Spain, there yet lingers a remnant of the ancient feeling of real gallantry. Madrid is vocal almost every night in the year with the most charming love-songs chanted under the windows of a thousand fair ladies. It sometimes occurs that two parties happen to meet in honour of the same lady, and then a regular pitched battle is quite likely to follow. A beautiful woman is sure to be respected almost to adoration in Spain. Even the common people will greet her with tokens of admiration in the street, and exclaim, "Blessed be the mother that gave birth to such beauty!" I have seen the students...
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