abasement

Mis à jour: 17 juillet 2026

The natural, simple, and obvious course was undoubtedly to let the ambassador present his letters to the Queen, to whom they were addressed, and although I attribute the difficulty only to a mistaken suspicion on the part of the spanish government, others will see in it the studied abasement of Royalty, or a determination to quarrel with France at all risks.

M. (François) Guizot - Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de mon temps (Tome 6)