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as had been the young King's campaign, it was quite sufficient to produce a sensation at Paris. Henri Quatre was in every body's mouth in the way of presage and comparison. In reconnoitring the trenches, Louis's temple had been grazed by a bullet; and the exaggeration of praise and anxiety would have been ridiculous but for its entire sincerity. From that period may be dated the rise of that personal devotion which marked all the earlier part of his reign.

It has been said, with that degree of truth which is necessary to give effect to point, that the French character has been determined by two rhymes, gloire and victoire. Of this character Louis was the beau idéal. Young, brave, chivalrous, handsome, and graceful, he was every