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[4] Alluding to the sublime words of the Father Edgeworth to Louis XVI., at the foot of the scaffold: -- "Fils de St Louis, montez au ciel!"
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Various
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"Mais montez, montez, Messieurs, vous y serez parfaitement bien," quoth our civil conducteur, haranguing, handing, and shoving at the same time.
Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 John Hughes
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She could quite imagine him saying "Enfant de St. Louis; montez au ciel!"
Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various
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'Ah! Monsieur le Maréchal!' she exclaimed indiscreetly, 'vous montez, nous descendons!'
The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 A. M. W. [Compiler] Stirling
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At the moment when he was about to die the abbé said to him: Fils de Saint-Louis, montez au ciel – "Son of Saint-Louis, ascend to heaven."
The Ruin of a Princess Cl 1912
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“Madame Waddington, etes-vous allee a l'Opera hier soir,” “Madame Waddington, vous montez a cheval tous les matins, je crois,” “Monsieur Waddington va tous les vendredis a l'Institut, il me semble,” etc.
My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 Waddington, Mary King 1914
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When he arrived at the scaffold his Confessor, as if with the courage of inspiration, called out to him aloud, after his last benediction: 'Fils de Saint Louis, montez au ciel!'
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"Fils de Saint Louis, montez au ciel!" said Lord Lundie suddenly in a voice that made me think of Black Caps.
Actions and Reactions Rudyard Kipling 1900
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At four o'clock in the afternoon the station-master came hurrying along the platform, crying, 'Montez! montez! messieurs, s'il vous plaît' -- and the train steamed out of the station and whirled away through the flat, treeless Belgian plains.
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And it was generally on these occasions that under the great carriage gateway Lady Ded -- I mean Madame Delestang, catching sight of my raised hat, would beckon me with an amiable imperiousness to the side of the carriage, and suggest with an air of amused nonchalance, "Venez donc faire un tour avec nous," to which the husband would add an encouraging "C'est ca. Allons, montez, jeune homme."
Some Reminiscences Joseph Conrad 1890
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