The last shot of WaterlooTemper of the provinces in 1817, 1818 and 1819The "Messéniennes"The "Vêpres siciliennesLouis IX."Appreciation of these two tragediesA phrase of TerenceMy claim to a similar sentimentThree o'clock in the morningThe course of love-making"Valeat res ludrica"
I am not sure who saidperhaps I said it myselfthat the Revolution of 1830 was the last shot of Waterloo. It is very true. Setting aside those whose family interest, position or fortune attached them to the Bourbon dynasty, it is impossible to conceive any idea of the ever growing feeling of opposition which spread throughout the provinces; it got to such a pitch that, without knowing why, in spite of every reason that my mother and I had to curse Napoleon, we hated the Bourbons far more, though they had never done anything to us, or had even done us good rather than harm.
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