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Sketches Of Celebrated Characters.
SKETCHES OF CELEBRATED CHARACTERS .
LOUIS VI , SURNAMES LE GROS , KING OF FRANCE . TN the reign of this Prince , the Sovereign of France possessed * merel y a portion of the kingdom : the rest of it Was governed by the great vassals of the Sovereign , who were tyrants within their own domainsand rebellious against their PrinceOne of the nobles of
, . Louis , on going out to fight with his vassals , against his Sovereign , said seriousl y to his wife , " Countess , do you give me the sword that "hangs up in my hall . " On receiving the sword from the hands of his wife , he exclaimed , " He is a Count only , who receives it from " your noble hands ; but he is a Sovereign , who will bring it back " again to you covered with the blood of his rival . "
In an engagement in which Louis was , a soldier of the enemy took hold of the bridle of his horse , crying out , " the King is taken . " " No , Sir , " replied Louis , lifting up his battle-axe , with which he clave his head in two , " No , Sir , a King is never taken , not even at " Chess . " The last words which he uttered to his son before his death
^ , were . " oubliez Jamais > mon fils , que Vautorite Royale est un fardeau , " dont vous rcndrez un compte tres exact apres votre mart : My son ' " always bear in mind that the royal authori ty is a charo-e imposed " upon you , of which , after your death , you must render an exact " account . " Louis was called « le Gros—the Great" account of his size
, on Louis the Fourteenth was one day asking Boileau , whether there was any difference in the meaning of the epithets gros and grand . " Is there , none . Sire , " replied the satirist , " between Louis le Gros and ' Louis le Grand P
ST . TI-IOMAS AQUINAS . , _ This extraordinary person , like many men of great talents , shewed , in his early youth , none of that liveliness and vivacity of disposition , which is but too often mistaken for quick parts . He was called by his companions , « Le bceufmuet ; " but his master , Albert the Great more capable of distinguishing , used to say of him to those who-gave him that odious
appellation : « - Les doetes mugissemens de ce boeuf retentiroicnt unjour dans T Universe . " . St . Thomas , possessing an . ardent mind , devoted it to the studies men in vogue , scholastic philosophy and theology : in the latter , incteed he was so eminentl y successful , that Bucer said of him : " Telle J-homam , et ecclesiam Romam subverterem : " Take away St Tho-,. mas , -and I will effect the downfall of the Romish Church . " ' ¦ '
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Sketches Of Celebrated Characters.
SKETCHES OF CELEBRATED CHARACTERS .
LOUIS VI , SURNAMES LE GROS , KING OF FRANCE . TN the reign of this Prince , the Sovereign of France possessed * merel y a portion of the kingdom : the rest of it Was governed by the great vassals of the Sovereign , who were tyrants within their own domainsand rebellious against their PrinceOne of the nobles of
, . Louis , on going out to fight with his vassals , against his Sovereign , said seriousl y to his wife , " Countess , do you give me the sword that "hangs up in my hall . " On receiving the sword from the hands of his wife , he exclaimed , " He is a Count only , who receives it from " your noble hands ; but he is a Sovereign , who will bring it back " again to you covered with the blood of his rival . "
In an engagement in which Louis was , a soldier of the enemy took hold of the bridle of his horse , crying out , " the King is taken . " " No , Sir , " replied Louis , lifting up his battle-axe , with which he clave his head in two , " No , Sir , a King is never taken , not even at " Chess . " The last words which he uttered to his son before his death
^ , were . " oubliez Jamais > mon fils , que Vautorite Royale est un fardeau , " dont vous rcndrez un compte tres exact apres votre mart : My son ' " always bear in mind that the royal authori ty is a charo-e imposed " upon you , of which , after your death , you must render an exact " account . " Louis was called « le Gros—the Great" account of his size
, on Louis the Fourteenth was one day asking Boileau , whether there was any difference in the meaning of the epithets gros and grand . " Is there , none . Sire , " replied the satirist , " between Louis le Gros and ' Louis le Grand P
ST . TI-IOMAS AQUINAS . , _ This extraordinary person , like many men of great talents , shewed , in his early youth , none of that liveliness and vivacity of disposition , which is but too often mistaken for quick parts . He was called by his companions , « Le bceufmuet ; " but his master , Albert the Great more capable of distinguishing , used to say of him to those who-gave him that odious
appellation : « - Les doetes mugissemens de ce boeuf retentiroicnt unjour dans T Universe . " . St . Thomas , possessing an . ardent mind , devoted it to the studies men in vogue , scholastic philosophy and theology : in the latter , incteed he was so eminentl y successful , that Bucer said of him : " Telle J-homam , et ecclesiam Romam subverterem : " Take away St Tho-,. mas , -and I will effect the downfall of the Romish Church . " ' ¦ '