Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · Boston, Roberts brothers · leaf 285
atrie ; and there wasa throne near the military school, whereon sat poorLouis XVI., whose head still preserved its connectionwith his body. Talleyrand said mass, Lafayette rode i88 Paris. about on a white horse. There was a great deal ofsolemn taking of oaths, in which the King and thePresident of… … AU JARDIN DU LUXEMBOURG. In 1815 the desert of the Champ de Mars was coveredwith another crowd; there was an altar once again,with an officiating prelate, and a throne with anothersovereign. It was now the Champ de Mai, though theceremony took place on the ist of June, — that fatefulmonth which was…
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