Excerpt from The French Court and Society, Vol. 1 of 2: Reign of Louis XVI. And First Empire Nevertheless, a few truly devout and earnest minded men still fearlessly denounced the vices of the age, and proclaimed aloud to that corrupt and sceptical generation that its cup of iniquity was full and retribution at hand. Amongst these the Abb??? de Beauvais, Bishop of Senez, was conspicuous; no less for his zeal than the general impressiveness of his oratory. It was he who was appointed to preach before the Court on the above ...
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Excerpt from The French Court and Society, Vol. 1 of 2: Reign of Louis XVI. And First Empire Nevertheless, a few truly devout and earnest minded men still fearlessly denounced the vices of the age, and proclaimed aloud to that corrupt and sceptical generation that its cup of iniquity was full and retribution at hand. Amongst these the Abb??? de Beauvais, Bishop of Senez, was conspicuous; no less for his zeal than the general impressiveness of his oratory. It was he who was appointed to preach before the Court on the above named occasion. Addressing the king, as at that period was customary, the abb??? slowly and solemnly repeated his text. Yet forty days, sire, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 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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