Days near Paris . onages.—Voltaire, Steele de Louis XIV.^* Louis XIV., who added the five pavilions at the anglesof the older and still existing palace, at one time thoughtof rebuilding the whole on a much more magnificent scale ;one fatal obstacle prevented him: from its lofty site hecould see St. Denis, his future burial-place! Saint Germain, unique in combining the marvels of a wideview, the immense level of a continuous forest, unique, too, by CHA TEA U DE ST. GERMAIN m the beauty of its trees, soil, situation, the advantages of springwater at that elevation, the admirable gardens, heights
Days near Paris . onages.—Voltaire, Steele de Louis XIV.^* Louis XIV., who added the five pavilions at the anglesof the older and still existing palace, at one time thoughtof rebuilding the whole on a much more magnificent scale ;one fatal obstacle prevented him: from its lofty site hecould see St. Denis, his future burial-place! Saint Germain, unique in combining the marvels of a wideview, the immense level of a continuous forest, unique, too, by CHA TEA U DE ST. GERMAIN m the beauty of its trees, soil, situation, the advantages of springwater at that elevation, the admirable gardens, heights and ter-races which, one above another, conducted one with ease overthe widest expanse that one could wish, the charms and con-venience of the Seine, finally a town quite complete which its po-sition itself created, all was abandoned for Versailles, the dullestand most ungrateful of all spots.—St. Simon. After the English Revolution of 1688^ James II. foundat St. Germain the generous hospitality of Louis ChAteAU of ST. GERMAIN. He lived here for thirteen years as the guest of the Kingof France, wearing always a penitential chain round hiswaist (like James IV. of Scotland) and daily praying Godto pardon the ingratitude of his daughters, Mary andAnne. Here his youngest child Louisa— la Consola-trice—was born, and here, as the choir in the ChapelRoyal were singing the anthem, Lord, remember what iscome upon us, consider and behold our reproach (Sep- 112 DAYS NEAR PARIS tember 2, 1701), he sank into the Queens arms in theswoon from which he never recovered. loth Jan., 1689.—The king acted divinely towards theirEnglish Majesties ; for is it not to be the image of the Almight}^to sustain a king expelled, betrayed and abandoned? The noblesoul of the king was delighted to play this part. He met thequeen with all his household and a hundred six-horse he perceived the carriage of the Prince of Wales, he de-scended and embraced him tenderly; then he ran to me
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