Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 114William Blackwood, 1873 - England |
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... Isaura Cicogna to Madame Grandmesnil . " Saturday , May 21 , 1870 . " I am still , dearest Eulalie , under the excitement of impressions wholly new to me . I have this day wit- nessed one of those scenes which take us out of our private ...
... Isaura Cicogna to Madame Grandmesnil . " Saturday , May 21 , 1870 . " I am still , dearest Eulalie , under the excitement of impressions wholly new to me . I have this day wit- nessed one of those scenes which take us out of our private ...
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... Isaura left her letter uncompleted . On the following Monday she was present at a crowded soirée given by M. Louvier . Among the guests were some of the most eminent leaders of the Opposition , including that vivacious master of sharp ...
... Isaura left her letter uncompleted . On the following Monday she was present at a crowded soirée given by M. Louvier . Among the guests were some of the most eminent leaders of the Opposition , including that vivacious master of sharp ...
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... Isaura ; " but , happily , there is no sign of war . M. Duplessis , who is in the confi- dence of the Emperor , told us only the other day that Napoléon , on learning the result of the plébiscite , said : The foreign journalists who ...
... Isaura ; " but , happily , there is no sign of war . M. Duplessis , who is in the confi- dence of the Emperor , told us only the other day that Napoléon , on learning the result of the plébiscite , said : The foreign journalists who ...
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... Isaura , with the Signora Venosta , one of the Imperial Minis- ters , the Colonel whom Alain had already met at Lemercier's supper , Députés ( ardent Imperialists ) , and the Duchesse de Tarascon ; these , with Alain and Frederic , made ...
... Isaura , with the Signora Venosta , one of the Imperial Minis- ters , the Colonel whom Alain had already met at Lemercier's supper , Députés ( ardent Imperialists ) , and the Duchesse de Tarascon ; these , with Alain and Frederic , made ...
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... Isaura - to the woman who had so captivated his eye and fancy on his first arrival in Paris . Remembering his last conversa- tion with Graham nearly a year ago , he felt some curiosity to ascertain whether the rich Englishman had ...
... Isaura - to the woman who had so captivated his eye and fancy on his first arrival in Paris . Remembering his last conversa- tion with Graham nearly a year ago , he felt some curiosity to ascertain whether the rich Englishman had ...
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Page 604 - Of this wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake, has most; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments
Page 261 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
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Page 75 - Even be it so ; yet still among your tribe, Our daily world's true Worldlings, rank not me ! Children are blest, and powerful; their world lies More justly balanced ; partly at their feet, And part far from them : sweetest melodies Are those that are by distance made more sweet; Whose mind is but the mind of his own eyes, He is a slave; the meanest we can meet!
Page 604 - ... we have an interval, and then our place knows us no more. Some spend this interval in listlessness, some in high passions, the wisest, at least among 'the children of this world,
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