The Stranger in France: Or, A Tour from Devonshire to Paris |
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... requested them , as we had been misled , and had no other views of visiting the country , but those of pleasure , and im- provement , that they would be pleased to grant us our passports for MUNICIPALITY . II . 17 for the interior . To.
... requested them , as we had been misled , and had no other views of visiting the country , but those of pleasure , and im- provement , that they would be pleased to grant us our passports for MUNICIPALITY . II . 17 for the interior . To.
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... visited the next morning was , once more , the residence of the municipality , where we found that our worthy friend had previously arranged every thing to our wishes , and upon his signing a certificate , that we were peaceable ...
... visited the next morning was , once more , the residence of the municipality , where we found that our worthy friend had previously arranged every thing to our wishes , and upon his signing a certificate , that we were peaceable ...
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... visits in France . About eleven o'clock we saw a splendid procession of all the military and civil authorities to the hôtel * of the prefect , which was opposite to our inn . The object of this cavalcade was to congratulate the arch ...
... visits in France . About eleven o'clock we saw a splendid procession of all the military and civil authorities to the hôtel * of the prefect , which was opposite to our inn . The object of this cavalcade was to congratulate the arch ...
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... visited the church of St. Ouens , which is not so large as the cathedral , but surpasses that , and every other sacred edifice I ever beheld , in point of elegance . This graceful pile ,. has also had its share of sufferings , during ...
... visited the church of St. Ouens , which is not so large as the cathedral , but surpasses that , and every other sacred edifice I ever beheld , in point of elegance . This graceful pile ,. has also had its share of sufferings , during ...
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... visited the Square aux Vaux , where the celebrated heroine of Lorrain , Joan d'Arc , com- monly called the Maid of Orleans was cruelly burnt at the stake , for a pretended sorceress , but in fact to gratify the bar- barous revenge of ...
... visited the Square aux Vaux , where the celebrated heroine of Lorrain , Joan d'Arc , com- monly called the Maid of Orleans was cruelly burnt at the stake , for a pretended sorceress , but in fact to gratify the bar- barous revenge of ...
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Abbey admirable afforded afterwards amiable amongst appearance ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS battle of Marengo beautiful beheld Bolbec Bonaparte carriage celebrated centre Champ de Mars CHAP charming church COLONEL PHELIPEAUX colours consul consular court curious DEAF AND DUMB delight dinner display dressed elegant England entered entrance excited exquisite fashion favour formerly France french gardens gates genius gloomy gothic archi grand guillotine hall handsome Havre Honfleur honour horses immediately immense lady light livres lofty looked Lower Normandy magnificent manner military Mons Monsieur morning NETLEY ABBEY noble observed paintings palace Paris parisians party passed person Petit Trianon politeness pounds sterling present prison racter received regiment repose republic revolution Robespierre Rouen scene seated seemed side sir Sidney sols SOUTHAMPTON RIVER splendid statues sufferings Talleyrand taste Temple theatre Thuilleries tion Torr Abbey town visited walks whilst young СНАР
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Page 210 - Let that day be darkness ; let not God regard it from above, Neither let the light shine upon it. Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it ; Let a cloud dwell upon it , Let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Page 225 - Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous: Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt; For she had eyes, and chose me...
Page 106 - Sibila lambebant linguis vibrantibus ora. DIFFUGIMUS visu exsangues : illi agmine certo Laocoonta petunt; et primum parva duorum Corpora natorum serpens amplexus uterque Implicat , et miseros morsu depascitur artus. Post ipsum , auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem Corripiunt , spirisque ligant ingentibus : et jam Bis medium amplexi , bis collo squamea circum Terga dati , superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Page 82 - Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Page 24 - Appear like mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: — I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.
Page 206 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 60 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 215 - And want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph ; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up...
Page 246 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Page 93 - O could I flow like thee ! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.