large/12344/historyoffrance_1807_librivox_64kb_mp3/historyoffrance_06_yonge_64kb_26
large/12344/historyoffrance_1807_librivox_64kb_mp3/historyoffrance_06_yonge_64kb
English
12344
Louis was obliged to take up arms on behalf of his father in law, but was bought off by a gift from the Emperor Charles VI. of the duchy of Lorraine to Stanislas, to revert to his daughter after his death and thus become united to France. LOUIS WAS OBLIGED TO TAKE UP ARMS ON BEHALF OF HIS FATHER IN LAW BUT WAS BROUGHT OFF BY A GIFT FROM THE EMPEROR CHARLES THE SIXTH OF THE DUCHY OF LORNINE TO STANSLAIS TO REVERT TO HIS DAUGHTER AFTER HIS DEATH AND THUS BECOME UNITED TO FRANCE
t settlement on the Mississippi, the returns from which were to be enormous. Every one speculated in shares, and the wildest excitement prevailed. Law's house was mobbed by people seeking interviews with him, and nobles disguised themselves in liveries to get access to him. Fortunes were made one week and lost the next, and finally the whole plan proved to have been a mere baseless scheme; ruin followed, and the misery of the country increased. The Duke of Orleans died suddenly in 1723. The king was now legally of age; but he was dull and backward, and little fitted for government, and the country was really ruled by the Duke of Bourbon, and after him by Cardinal Fleury, an aged statesman, but filled with the same schemes of ambition as Richelieu or Mazarin. 13. War of the Austrian Succession.--Thus France plunged into new wars. Louis XV. married the daughter of Stanislas Lecksinsky, a Polish noble, who, after being raised to the throne, was expelled by Austrian intrigues and violence. TTLEMENT ON THE MISSISSIPPI THE RETURNS FROM WHICH WERE TO BE ENORMOUS EVERYONE SPECULATED IN SHARES AND THE WILDEST EXCITEMENT PREVAILED LAW'S HOUSE WAS MOBBED BY PEOPLE SEEKING INTERVIEWS WITH HIM AND NOBLES DISGUISED THEMSELVES IN LIVERIES TO GET ACCESS TO HIM FORTUNES WERE MADE ONE WEEK AND LOST THE NEXT AND FINALLY THE WHOLE PLAN PROVED TO HAVE BEEN A MERE BASELESS SCHEME RUIN FOLLOWED AND THE MISERY OF THE COUNTRY INCREASED THE DUKE OF ORLEANS DIED SUDDENLY IN SEVENTEEN TWENTY THREE THE KING WAS NOW LEGALLY OF AGE BUT HE WAS DULL AND BACKWARD AND LITTLE FITTED FOR GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNTRY WAS REALLY RULED BY THE DUKE OF BOURBON AND AFTER HIM BY CARDINAL FLEURY AN AGED STATESMAN BUT FILLED WITH THE SAME SCHEMES OF AMBITION AS RICHELIEU OR MAZARIN THIRTEEN WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION THUS FRANCE PLUNGED INTO NEW WARS LOUIS THE FIFTEENTH MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF STANISLAS LEXENSKI A POLISH NOBLE WHO AFTER BEING RAISED TO THE THRONE WAS EXPELLED BY AUSTRIAN INTRIGUES AND VIOLENCE
large/12344/historyoffrance_1807_librivox_64kb_mp3/historyoffrance_06_yonge_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/12344/historyoffrance_1807_librivox_64kb_mp3/historyoffrance_06_yonge_64kb.flac