Cf. Voltaire, "Siècle de Louis XV." (_Oeuvres_, xxi. p. 67.):--

"Il (le Chevalier de Belle-Isle) était capable de tout

imaginer, de tout arranger, et de tout faire."

* * * * *

"Guerre aux chateaux, paix à la chaumière,"

ascribed to Condorcet, in _Edin. Rev._ April, 1800. p. 240. (_note_*)

By Thiers (_Hist. de la Rév. Franç._ Par. 1846. 8vo. ii. 283.), these

words are attributed to Cambon; while, in Lamartine's _Hist. des

Girondins_ (Par. 1847. 8vo.), Merlin is represented to have exclaimed

in the Assembly, "Déclarez la guerre aux rois et la paix aux nations."

* * * * *

Notes and Queries, Number 22, March 30, 1850 · 第 12 / 92 题