ISBN: 9781153886529

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: ... port the dignity of the crown, he left the nation all means of containing his legitimate authority within the bounds of equity. And, indeed, by a common accord between the monarch and the people, the expenditure being fixed, the taxes consented to, the ministers responsible, the statements of the receipt and expenditure published, laid before the nation, and verified by itself; in short, abuses reformed, and the administration of the finances submitted to rules of the most scrupulous economy; what more could be desired? And, if the equality of taxation were agreed to, and the return of the states-general regulated, the press as free as it could be, lettres de cachet abolished, or confided to the wisdom of a tribunal; if liberty, public and personal safety, property, equality of all citizens before the law and under the law, were rendered inviolable; if all these benefits were not only offered but secured to the nation, what would have been wanting to complete the surprising success of this first assembly? Nothing but that character of independence and sovereignty which the fanatic partisans of an absolute and despotic democracy wished to have in their decrees. In due time, said Necker to them, his majesty will justly appreciate the character of your deliberations; and, if it be such as he hopes, and such as he has a right to expect, if it be such, in short, as the soundest part of the nation asks and desires, the king will second your intentions and your labours; he will glory in crowning them; and the spirit of the best of princes mixing, as it were, with that which the most faithful of all nations will inspire, we shall see this happy union give birth to the greatest of blessings, the most solid of empires. It was this language of an authority that ... Jean Franois Marmontel, Books, Fiction and Literature, Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself (Volume 2); Containing His Literary and Political Life, and Anecdotes of the Principal Ch Books>Fiction and Literature The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Title: Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself: Containing His Literary and Political Life, and Anecdotes of the Principal Characters of the Eighteenth Century; Volume: 2; Original Publisher: Whittaker; Publication date: 1826; Subjects: History / General; History / Europe / France; Travel / Europe / France;<

ISBN: 9781153886529

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ISBN: 9781153886529

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