Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published (Volume 4, PT. 2) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1829. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... On the 31st of August, the mayor and the city attorney (Petion and Manuel) presented themselves to the assembly, at the head of a deputation, in the name of which Tallien, its orator, announced " that a number of turbulent priests had been arrested and imprisoned, and that, in a few days, the soil of liberty would be purged of their presence." On the 2nd of September, at the convent of the Carmelites of the Luxembourg, at the seminary of St Firmin in la Rue St Victor, at the abbey St Germain des-Pres, several prelates and a great number of priests were massacred. The carnage lasted till the 6th at the Hotel de la Force. On the 8th, the prisoners from Orleans, sent to Versailles, were massacred there. It was in these days of terror and trembling that a man came to lodge near us, in the hamlet of St Germain, who, as I supposed, was unknown to me. In his disguise, I had so much difficulty in recollecting where I could have seen him that he was obliged to tell me his name. It was Lorry, the bishop of Augers. Our recollection of each other was made tender by the misfortune of his situation., which he did not cease to support with considerable courage and firmness. We soon became social friends; at his desire our table was in common; and in better times this accidental connection would have been reciprocally agreeable. Lodged together on the borders of a pretty river, in the most beautiful season of the year, having enchanting gardens, and a superb forest for our walks, perfectly agreeing in our opinions, in our tastes, and in our principles, the remembrance of a world in which we had lived furnished us with subjects for conversation that were inexhaustible; but all these sweets were imbittered, by the sorrows with which we were perpetually assailed. The convention su...