2317 ([return])
[ "Le Gouvernement de Normandie," by Hippeau, IV. 387 (Letters of June 4, 1789, by an eye-witness).]
2318 ([return])
[ Florian, "Ruth".]
2319 ([return])
[ Hippeau, IV. 86 (June 23, 1773), on the representation of "Le Siege de Calais," at the Comédie Française, at the moment when Mlle. Vestris has pronounced these words:
Le Français dans son prince aime à trouver un frère
Qui, né fils de l'Etat, en devienne le père.
"Long and universal plaudits greeted the actress who had turned in
the direction of the Dauphin." In another place these verses recur:
Quelle leçon pour vous, superbes potentats!
Veillez sur vos sujets dans le rang le plus bas,
Tel, loin de vos regards, dans la misère expire,
Qui quelque jour peut-être, eût sauvé votre empire.
"The Dauphin and the Dauphine in turn applauded the speech. This demonstration of their sensibility was welcomed with new expressions of affection and gratitude.">[
2320 ([return])
[ Madame de Genlis, "Souvenirs de Félicie," 76, 161.]