Madame de Sévigné and Her Contemporaries, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1841 - France |
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Page 6 - From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Page 56 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and...
Page 209 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 178 - C'est une justice de traiter les gens selon leurs bons ou mauvais services. Si vous le revoyez, ne le recevez point , ne le protégez point , ne me blâmez point , et songez que c'est le garçon du monde qui aime le moins à faner, et qui est le plus indigne qu'on le traite bien. Voilà l'histoire en peu de mots ; pour moi , j'aime les...
Page 208 - When this extraordinary man, with the figure and genius of Alcibiades, could equally charm the presbyterian Fairfax, and the dissolute Charles ; when he alike ridiculed that witty king, and his solemn chancellor ; when he plotted the ruin of his country with a cabal of bad ministers ; or, equally unprincipled, supported its cause with bad patriots ; one laments that such parts should have been devoid of every virtue. But when Alcibiades turns...
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Page 314 - LA vie humaine est semblable à un chemin dont l'issue est un précipice affreux : on nous en avertit dès le premier pas, mais la loi est prononcée, il faut avancer toujours. Je voudrais retourner sur mes pas :
Page 200 - Fourteenth's time ; a holy family in good relief over it, and the cypher of her uncle Coulanges; a neat little bed-chamber within, and two or three clean little chambers over them. On one side of the garden, leading to the great road, is a little bridge of wood, on which the dear woman used to wait for the courier, that brought her daughter's letters. Judge with what veneration and satisfaction I set my foot upon it ! If you will come to France with me next year, we will go and sacrifice on that...
Page 315 - ... l'ombre de la mort [ se présente ; ] on commence à sentir l'approche du gouffre fatal. Mais il faut aller sur le bord ; encore un pas. Déjà l'horreur trouble les sens, la tête tourne , les yeux [s'égarent; ] il faut marcher. [On voudroit retourner] en arrière ; plus de moyen : tout est tombé , tout est évanoui, tout est échappé. Je n'ai pas besoin de vous dire que ce chemin , c'est la vie; que ce gouffre, c'est la mort.
Page 177 - Bretagne : vous croyez que j'extravague ; elle attend donc son mari avec tous les états, et en attendant, elle est à Vitré, toute seule, mourant d'ennui. Vous ne comprenez pas que cela puisse jamais revenir à Picard ; elle meurt donc d'ennui ; je suis sa seule consolation, et vous croyez bien que je l'emporte d'une grande hauteur sur Mlles de Kerbone et de Kerqueoison.