"The foulest and most atrocious act the world has ever seen."
Gainsborough Dupont, William Pitt the Younger. Burrell Collection.
William Pitt on the death of Louis XVI
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Yes, his sour expression says it all. Nice combo.
ReplyDeleteWould have to say abusing a child to death, at that time, Louis XVII, was worse.
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