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Sometimes a whole city which stood in need of being repeopled was temporarily created a place of refuge. Louis XI. made all Paris a refuge in 1467. His foot once within the asylum, the criminal was sacred; but he must beware of leaving it; one step outside the sanctuary, and he fell back into the flood.
XI. It is said that when the Greeks were assembled at the Nemean Games, Philopœmen, who had been elected commander-in-chief for the second time, and not long before had won his victory at Mantinea, being at leisure during the festival displayed his phalanx to the Greeks, with the troops drawn up in their serried array, and manœuvring with quickness and precision.
II, p. 24. Rush's "Residence at the Court of London," p. 412. "Letters and Despatches of Castlereagh," Vol. XI, p. 458. Bagot's reports of interviews with Adams. Hamilton, "Writings of James Monroe," Vol. VI, pp. 323-325. Ford, "Writings of Thomas Jefferson," Vol. X, pp. 277-278. Hamilton, "Writings of James Madison," Vol. IX, pp. 161-162. W. C. Ford, "Genesis of the Monroe Doctrine," in Mass.
Wherefore this was the counsel of Zophar to Job "If," saith he, "thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hand towards him; if iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear;" Job xi. 13-15.
In its earlier days this village was celebrated for its vineyards and gardens and for its enchanting view; which last charm its site still retains. It was bestowed by Louis XI. on the historian Philippe de Comines, from whose heirs the domain was purchased by Catherine de Medicis. The building-loving queen caused a palace to be erected there, but of that edifice no trace now remains.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew xi. 28 30.
In returning from the chapel, notice on the outside, from the court to the south, the apparently empty and useless porch, supporting a small room, which is the one through whose grated window Louis XI. used to watch the elevation. The Hotel de Ville and the Conciergerie By Augustus J. C. Hare By arrangement with the publisher, David McKay.
Louis is said to have held his famous open-air court of justice, which he established so that his subjects might come direct to him with their troubles and he, besides settling them, might learn at first hand what reforms were needed. King Charles V was born there. From the days of Louis XI the castle has been used as a state prison.
After a silence, Louis XI. raised his voice once more, "You should know that, Gossip Jacques. What was " He corrected himself. "What is the bailiff's feudal jurisdiction?" Of these divers places he is voyer, high, middle, and low, justiciary, full seigneur." "Bless me!" said the king, scratching his left ear with his right hand, "that makes a goodly bit of my city!
III. XI. The Nobility in Possession of the Equestrian Centuries III. XI. Festivals IV. I. General Results III. XII. Results I. XIII. Landed Proprietors It was asserted even then, that the human race in that quarter was pre-eminently fitted for slavery by its especial power of endurance. III. XII. Rural Slaves ff., III. XII. Culture of Oil and Wine, and Rearing of Cattle
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