Cromwell[81] was about to ravage all Christendom; the royal family was… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

Cromwell[81] was about to ravage all Christendom; the royal family was undone, and his own for ever established, save for a little grain of sand which formed in his ureter. Rome herself was trembling under him; but this small piece of gravel having formed there, he is dead, his family cast down, all is peaceful, and the king is restored.

מקום: Part I, 1, 2, c. 1, section 4.[44] · ¶528
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