Tea at Trianon: Blogging Break

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Blogging Break

I am going to take a blogging break for a few days. My other writing obligations require that I put everything else aside. Please keep me in your prayers. Blessings to all! Share

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: Oh no! I read your blog every day and I'm going to miss you. I'm by the way a young swedish woman (not catholic) and just happened to come by your blog one day, but though I actually have nothing really in common with you I love reading your blog. (If the English grammar and spelling is bad that's because I'm not used to writing in English - sorry, hope you got the message anyway!); September 20, 2007 at 8:02:00 PM EDT
Vara said...: May I pray that you suffer no "writer's block"?

Cheers,

Vara; September 22, 2007 at 4:01:00 PM EDT
Michelle Therese said...: Have fun with your other writing! God bless!; September 22, 2007 at 4:23:00 PM EDT
Dymphna said...: Enjoy your break. I'm reading Fr. George Rutler's book, Conicidentally. He says some interesting things about Marie Antoinette.; September 23, 2007 at 10:31:00 AM EDT
Terry Nelson said...: I miss you when you are gone!; September 23, 2007 at 8:43:00 PM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: Thanks, everyone! Dymphna, I am interested in knowing what Fr. Rutler has to say about the queen!; September 25, 2007 at 7:50:00 AM EDT