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CHAPTER XLIV

Memoirs of Louis Xiv and His Court and of the Regency — Complete · Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon — chapter 43 of 236 · ~41 words · public domain

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Tremendous Cold in France.--Winters of 1708-1709--Financiers and the Famine.--Interference of the Parliaments of Paris and Dijon.--Dreadful Oppression.--Misery of the People.--New Taxes.--Forced Labour.--General Ruin.--Increased Misfortunes.--Threatened Regicide.--Procession of Saint Genevieve.--Offerings of Plate to the King.--Discontent of the People.-- A Bread Riot, How Appeased.

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