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The ceremonial rising of Louis XIV, the Sun King. Doctors, family and a few favoured friends successively enter the King's Bedchamber where he is washed, combed, and, every other day, shaven. The Officers of the Chamber and the Wardrobe then enter in turn for full levee, during which the king is dressed and has breakfast. From Charlemagne to Napoleon no monarch received such unbounded praise as Louis XIV. But the judgment of our own times upon Louis XIV is very different from that of his own age. And if it be asked nowadays, "Who did the most towards the [destruction] of the ancien regime?" the correct answer is, "Louis XIV, its greatest [representative]." The Versailles palace and parks alone cost France one thousand million francs {[more than] £40,000,000), and there were fifteen other royal palaces. The Grand Monarch, indeed, seemed to realize the truth in his dying words (1715): "Do not [imitate] my love for building and for war; assuage the misery of my people."
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