Quote #19

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette have often been portrayed as weak and vacillating. Far from it; their policy between 1789 and 1792 was entirely consistent, and highly conservative. They were prepared to die for their beliefs, and ultimately did so.

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  1. I have promised [my readers] the head of Antoinette. I will go and cut if off myself if there is any delay in giving it to me.
  2. She no longer had any hope left in her heart or distinguished between life and death.
  3. Vive la Reine!
  4. Other people spent more on their gardens!
  5. A woman more sinned against than sinning.
  6. Sorrow had blanched the Queen's once beautiful hair; but her features and air still commanded the admiration of all who beheld her; her che…
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  8. There are crosses for all shoulders.

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