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Identifier: louisfourteenthc04pard (find matches)
Title: Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Pardoe, Miss (Julia), 1806-1862
Subjects: Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 France -- History Louis XIV, 1643-1715 France -- Court and courtiers
Publisher: New York : J. Potts
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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1-OUIS XIV. DISMISSIN F O U Q U K T
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The Court of France 111 danced several courantes with the King, becamefatigued by the noise and excitement, and expressed awish to retire for a time from the saloon; upon whichLouis, drawing her arm through his, led her, in herturn, through the splendid suite of rooms by which hehad been at once astonished and offended, and badeher remark the ostentation with which M. Fouquethad introduced his armorial bearings on all sides, andin every compartment of the ceilings. The shieldbore a squirrel, with the motto. Quo non ascendam ?and, as she was engaged in reading it, Colbert chancedto enter the apartment, of whom she inquired itsmeaning. It signifies, • To what height may I not attain ?madam ; and it is understood by those who know theboldness of the squirrel, or that of his master, repliedthe Secretary, with marked emphasis. Louis bit his hp. At that particular moment M. Pelisson chanced topass, and overhearing the rejoinder, he remarked, witha profound bow, as he fixed his eyes steadi
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