There they amused themselves with puns which were considered terrible, with innocent plays upon words which they supposed to be venomous, with quatrains, with distiches even; thus, upon the Dessolles ministry, a moderate cabinet, of which MM. Decazes and Deserre were members:⁠—

Pour raffermir le trône ébranlé sur sa base,

Il faut changer de sol, et de serre et de case.

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