 | James Hardiman - 1831 - 484 páginas
...reader of Edmund Burke's* celebrated description of the Queen of the unfortunate Lewis XVI. of France, " Surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly...sphere she just began to move in, glittering like Ihe morning star, full of life and splendour." In this beautiful passage, the force of early impressions... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 356 páginas
...the foregoing tables; and some of the most difficult combinations are frequently repeated in them. And surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. Burke. The evening was fine and the full orVd moon shone with uncommon splendor. 'Till that a capable... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 360 páginas
...the foregoing tables ; and some of the most difficult combinations are frequently repeated in them. And surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. Burke. The evening was fine and the full orUd moon shone with uncommon splendor. Till that a capable... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1834 - 188 páginas
...custom,) to his BED-CHAMBER, WHERE, (it is recorded,) he SLEPT QUIETLY for about a quarter of an hour.' ' It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I SAW the...QUEEN of FRANCE, (then the Dauphiness) at VERSAILLES.' ' He REFUSED, (saying,) NO, NO, THAT will NOT HELP me.' 'The MISERABLE INHABITANTS, (flyingfrom their... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 páginas
...save herself from the last disgrace ; ini that, if she must fall, she will fall by no igaobfe hand. y by distance will continue. " Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, and mak dauphin»*, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on the orb, which she hardly seemed to touch,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 páginas
...save herself from the last disgrace ; and that, if she must fall, she will fall by no ignoble hand. ix. No. 2Э. Apbut it was a people in beggary ; it...together, these creatures of sufferance, whose very Oh ! what a revolution ! and what an heart must I have, to contemplate without emotion that elevation... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 páginas
...villany, and whoever may partake of the plunder. VII. APOSTROPHE TO THE QUEEN OF FRANCE.—Burke. SIR, it is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...:—glittering, like the morning star ; full of life, and splendor, and joy. Oh ! what a revolution!—and what a heart must I have, to contemplate without emotion... | |
 | 1837 - 186 páginas
...young man to whom I have awarded the first place, explained promptly and accurately the expressions ' surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision,'' ' decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in,' ' enthusiastic, distant,... | |
 | Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers - 1838 - 448 páginas
...French Revolution. E. •}, " It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France at Versailles, and surely never lighted on this orb,...morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy." — Burke's Reflections. E. J " Turgot, of whom Malesherbes said ' He has the head of Bacon and the... | |
 | Adolphe Thiers - 1838 - 454 páginas
...Alison's French Revolution. E. f " It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France at Versailles, and surely never lighted on this orb,...morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy." — Burke's Reflections. E. J " Turgot, of whom Malesherbes said ' He has the head of Bacon and the... | |
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It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and... 
