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Boulieau's deposition has been lost, but we can lay Mechin's before the reader, for the original has been preserved, just as it issued from his pen: "I, Gervais Mechin, curate-in-charge of the Church of Saint-Pierre in the Market Place at Loudun, certify by these presents, signed by my hand, to relieve my conscience as to a certain report which is being spread abroad, that I had said in support of an accusation brought by Gilles Robert, archpriest, against Urbain Grandier, priest-in-charge of Saint-Pierre, that I had found the said Grandier lying with women and girls in the church of Saint Pierre, the doors being closed.
This "perpetual and unlimited augmentation of reason" will one day produce an increase in human happiness which would astonish us more than our own civilisation would astonish the Kaffirs. The Abbe de Saint-Pierre was indeed terribly at ease in confronting the deepest and most complex problems which challenge the intellect of man.
Following these exorcists, and two Carmelite monks, named Pierre de Saint-Thomas and Pierre de Saint-Mathurin, who had, from the very beginning, pushed their way in when anything was going on, came four Capuchins sent by Pere Joseph, head of the Franciscans, "His grey Eminence," as he was called, and whose names were Peres Luc, Tranquille, Potais, and Elisee; so that a much more rapid advance could be made than hitherto by carrying on the exorcisms in four different places at once viz., in the convent, and in the churches of Sainte-Croix, Saint-Pierre du Martroy, and Notre-Dame du Chateau.
Chénier the poet, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, the author of "Paul and Virginia," and others enjoyed, in addition to decorations of the Legion of Honor, substantial incomes that were virtually paid by their fellow-craftsmen; while a chosen few including Gros, Gérard, Guérin, Lagrange, Monge, and Laplace were elevated to the new baronage.
Dieskau now ordered a halt, and sounded his trumpets to collect his scattered men. His Indians, however, were sullen and unmanageable, and the Canadians also showed signs of wavering. The veteran who commanded them all, Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, had been killed. At length they were persuaded to move again, the regulars leading the way.
The entire crowd, falling into step, marched behind him as he advanced, singing like him, the singers being the prettiest girls in Loudun, for we have forgotten to say that the crowd consisted almost entirely of women. Meanwhile the object of all this commotion arrived at length at the porch of the church of Saint-Pierre.
Presentation of Prince Borghese to Bonaparte Departure for Belgium Revival of a royal custom The swans of Amiens Change of formula in the acts of Government Company of performers in Bonaparte's suite Revival of old customs Division of the institute into four classes Science and literature Bonaparte's hatred of literary men Ducis Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Chenier and Lemercier Explanation of Bonaparte's aversion to literature Lalande and his dictionary Education in the hands of Government M. de Roquelaure, Archbishop of Malines.
If you have any mummery to go through with, there's a very good God the Father in that mortar yonder, in stone, which we stole from Saint-Pierre aux Boeufs. You have four minutes in which to fling your soul at his head." The harangue was formidable. "Well said, upon my soul!
Celoron had been sent to Detroit. If Saint-Pierre had played his part feebly on the Saskatchewan, he was now made for a brief period one of the central figures in the opening act of a world drama. It is with a touch of emotion that we see on the stage, as the opponent of this not great Frenchman, the momentous figure of George Washington.
Presentation of Prince Borghese to Bonaparte Departure for Belgium Revival of a royal custom The swans of Amiens Change of formula in the acts of Government Company of performers in Bonaparte's suite Revival of old customs Division of the institute into four classes Science and literature Bonaparte's hatred of literary men Ducis Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Chenier and Lemercier Explanation of Bonaparte's aversion to literature Lalande and his dictionary Education in the hands of Government M. de Roquelaure, Archbishop of Malines.
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