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. 1855 Excerpt: ... feared at that period the police were not remiss in making themselves acquainted with the servants of all persons of political influence and importance in Paris. It must be borne in mind that D'Orsay at that time was wholly dependent on the favor of the prince for his future position in his own country. He had left ...
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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. 1855 Excerpt: ... feared at that period the police were not remiss in making themselves acquainted with the servants of all persons of political influence and importance in Paris. It must be borne in mind that D'Orsay at that time was wholly dependent on the favor of the prince for his future position in his own country. He had left England utterly ruined in hi- circumstances, and came to France counting on the friendship and gratitude of his former friend at the head of the French republic, to whose elevation he had certainly very largely contributed. He was well received by the prince, and proffers of public employment adequate to his expectations and his talents were made to him. But after the period of the coup d'etat and the dinner above referred to--post or propter that entertainment--the friendship of the prince for the count cooled down from blood heat to the freezing point, and eventually to zero. The man with the heavy eyelids, and the leaden hand of care and caleulation pressing them down, when he imposed on himself the weight of empire, could not see his former friends without looking down on them, and D'Orsay was not a man to be looked down on, or coldly at, even by an emperor. For eighteen months before his death his relations with Louis Napoleon had wholly ceased. The prince at last, when D'Orsay was laboring under the illness which soon after consigned him to an early grave, allowed himself to be persuaded, by urgentand pressing friends of the poor count, that hi6 former friend had some claim on him The emperor deigned to recognize the claim. His imperial majesty appointed Count Alfred D'Orsay " Director of Fine Arts." Of all things it can not be said truly " better late than never." This thing, that was meant to look like an act of ...
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