France, Volume 1Henry Colburn, Public Library, Conduit-Street, 1817 - France |
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Page 229 - I have since found other roofs less pleasant than thine, have since — pent within stucco and inurned in marble mockery of grandeur — yearned for the careless fortune of thy uncultured surroundings, cried often in vain amid the uncomfortable comfort of the city. " Give me again my hollow tree, My crust of bread and liberty.
Page x - With my dictionary in my pocket, with my spelling book in one hand, and my copper- plate improvements in the other, I entered my probation; and have at last . (thanks to the Quarterly Review) obtained the reward of my calligraphic and orthographic acquirements. As it foretold, I am become, in spite of the " seven deadly sins" it laid to my charge, " not indeed a good writer of novels/' but, I trust, " a respectable," and, I am sure, " a happy mistress of a family.
Page 115 - ... vingt-quatre heures, elle sera doublée « et exigible par les soldats. On a chassé et banni toute « une grande rue , et défendu de les recueillir sur peine « de la vie ; de sorte qu'on voyait tous ces misérables , « femmes accouchées, vieillards...
Page x - ... of her study, she might then hope to prove, not indeed a good writer of novels, but a useful friend, a faithful wife, a tender mother, and a respectable and happy mistress of a family.
Page 259 - There ought to be a system of manners in every nation, which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Page 206 - C'est moi, dit-il, c'est moi Qui seul ai rétabli mon roi. Mais s'il ne me rend Les droits de mon rang, Avec moi, corbleu ! Il verra beau jeu. Chapeau bas ! chapeau bas...
Page 100 - Truth wants no ornament ; religion is in itself an abstraction ; " the evidence of things unseen." It is ever to be regretted that the first religious ceremony, mentioned in holy writ, caused the first murder, in the first and only family then upon earth.' — ip 60. Our readers cannot have gone far in this work without being struck with the wonderful similarity of its sentiments and language to those of the Letters from Paris* reviewed in a former Number. Both exhibit the same slavish awe when speaking...
Page 207 - ! La marquise a le tabouret. Pour être évêque un jour Mon dernier fils suivra la cour. Mon fils le baron, Quoique un peu poltron, Veut avoir des croix ; II en aura trois.
Page 69 - le bon papa," and all sisters and brothers are "petite" and "petit." During my most pleasant residence at the Chateau D'Orsonville, I remember one morning accompanying Mad. de C in a walk into the village, to visit an ancient vigneron, who had, in his youth, been a gardener...
Page 39 - ... any refreshment. One of the grooms of the chamber ventured to serve up some coffee, in his cabinet, by the hands of a child, whom Napoleon had occasionally distinguished by his notice. The emperor sat motionless, with his hands spread over his eyes.