The same hand that would pull down the throne would raze the altar!
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
Mistake me not, my Lord, 'tis not my meaning To raze one Title of your Honor out.
"Richard-II"
Shakespeare, William
At least, in May 1783, M. Schlick, French Secretary at Venice, wrote to Count Vergennes: Last week there reached the State Inquisitors an anonymous letter stating that, on the 25th of this month, an earthquake, more terrible than that of Messina, would raze Venice to the ground.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt