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Perhaps another year may see his bust erected on the piedestal which now supports that of Brutus or Le Pelletier. The letters I have written to you since the communication was interrupted, with some other papers that I am solicitous to preserve, I have hitherto always carried about me, and I know not if any danger, merely probable, will induce me to part with them.
It was adorned in 1763 with an equestrian statue of Louis XV., by Pigalle, elevated on a pedestal which was decorated at the corners by statues of the cardinal virtues. Mordant couplets, two of which we transcribe, affixed on the base, soon expressed the judgment of the Parisians: "Grotesque monument! Infâme piédestal! Les vertus sont
'Le génie de la femme est la beauté, declared Milord, and again: 'Le coeur de l'homme ne peut servir que de piédestal pour l'idole. 'Oh! Milord, Milord! said Mrs. Barton. 'So in worshipping us you are idolaters. I'm ashamed of you. 'Pardon, pardon, madame: Devant un amour faux on est idolâtre, mais
Perhaps another year may see his bust erected on the piedestal which now supports that of Brutus or Le Pelletier. The letters I have written to you since the communication was interrupted, with some other papers that I am solicitous to preserve, I have hitherto always carried about me, and I know not if any danger, merely probable, will induce me to part with them.
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