Note 17 — Facetiæ.
Reading edition
The following inscription on a medal of Louis XIV. illustrates the servile adulation of that period:—
See in profile great Louis here designed!
Both eyes portrayed would strike the gazer blind.
Reading edition
The following inscription on a medal of Louis XIV. illustrates the servile adulation of that period:—
See in profile great Louis here designed!
Both eyes portrayed would strike the gazer blind.