Letters of Madame de Sévigné to Her Daughter and Her Friends, Volume 6J. Walker, 1811 |
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... charming pros- pect in front , and the side - windows multiplied our points of view in the most pleasing manner possible . There was nobody but the abbé and myself in this pretty cabinet ; we were seated upon soft cushions , quite cool ...
... charming pros- pect in front , and the side - windows multiplied our points of view in the most pleasing manner possible . There was nobody but the abbé and myself in this pretty cabinet ; we were seated upon soft cushions , quite cool ...
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... charm M. de Grignan , and I heartily wish he could wit- ness one that I should have no difficulty in naming . The day before I set out , the fair Fontanges was ex- pected at court : the chevalier must attend to his duty ; I am no longer ...
... charm M. de Grignan , and I heartily wish he could wit- ness one that I should have no difficulty in naming . The day before I set out , the fair Fontanges was ex- pected at court : the chevalier must attend to his duty ; I am no longer ...
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... charming , I have the highest regard , as it has brought , and will bring again , to my arms , that much loved child , who is all the comfort of my lifet . I should have been glad to have seen the bishop of Angers to - day , and he ...
... charming , I have the highest regard , as it has brought , and will bring again , to my arms , that much loved child , who is all the comfort of my lifet . I should have been glad to have seen the bishop of Angers to - day , and he ...
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... charming circumstance too that every thing there is the same as at Paris : what a precious resemblance ! You have certainly reason to admire the caprice of those who , while they blame your extrava- gance , condemn the frugality of your ...
... charming circumstance too that every thing there is the same as at Paris : what a precious resemblance ! You have certainly reason to admire the caprice of those who , while they blame your extrava- gance , condemn the frugality of your ...
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... charming month ? and , after all , I shall get to the Rocks before it is ended . My son was desirous we should go to Bodegat , where indeed we have many af- fairs to settle and pressed me particularly , above all things , fo go to ...
... charming month ? and , after all , I shall get to the Rocks before it is ended . My son was desirous we should go to Bodegat , where indeed we have many af- fairs to settle and pressed me particularly , above all things , fo go to ...
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abbé Adieu admire affairs affection agreeable amuse archbishop of Paris assure beautiful believe beloved child bishop bishop of Evreux Britany brother Bussy capuchins charming Chaulnes chevalier Corbinelli court cure daughter dauphiness dear child delighted Descartes desire disorder duchess duke entertain fancy father favour Fayette Fontainbleau Fontanges friendship give happy heart heaven honour hope imagination Jansenists journey king la Fayette lady laugh letter Livri Louvois madame de Coulanges madame de Lavardin madame de Maintenon madame de Marbeuf madame de Montespan madame de Sévigné Madame de Vins mademoiselle de Grignan Malebranche Malicorne marquis Montgobert mother Nantes never obliged occasion Paris perfectly person pleased pleasure poor pretty Provence received Rennes Rocks seems short talk tell thing thought thousand tion told uneasiness Vardes Vendôme Versailles Vitré walk Wednesday wish worthy writes me word
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Halaman 209 - ... speaking of Talbot's exploits in Paris, 1640, writes: The English physician has promised the king, Louis XIV., in so positive a manner, even on the forfeiture of his life, to cure his Highness, the Dauphin, both of his vomiting and his fevers, that if he should fail, I believe on my conscience they would throw him out of the window ; and on the other hand, should his predictions prove as true in this case as they have...
Halaman 150 - Mais, si sur votre front je puis me voir un jour, La plus humble des fleurs sera la plus superbe.
Halaman 214 - Les vers que tu nous dis , Oronte, sont les miens: Mais quand tu les dis mal, Ils deviennent les tiens. Ad Flaccum, liv.
Halaman 178 - Mdlle. de Scudery has just sent me two little volumes of conversations ; it is impossible that they should not be good, now that they are not drowned in a great romance.
Halaman 220 - I don't know whether you have heard that the beautiful Fontanges is in a convent, not so much to spend the holy days there as to prepare herself for the voyage to eternity.
Halaman 331 - ... an account of their methods of healing. They first bathed the wound with " arquebusade water"; then, she says, " I do not know whether the cure is performed by sympathy, but the wound is gradually growing better as the herbs with which it is dressed, and which are afterwards buried, rot in the ground. I was inclined to laugh at this, but the Capuchins tell me that every day they experience good effects from this practice.
Halaman 299 - With joy to your sympathetic powder ; it is indeed a divine remedy ; the wound has noW changed its aspect, and is, in a manner, dry and healed : in short, if, by the assistance of this powder, which God has sent me by your hand, I can once more walk about, as I used to-do, yott may say to yourself, with certainty, My mtither is perfectly well.
Halaman 304 - Lorraine. it, since k is not expected that the cure should be instantaneous, provided it be effected at last.
Halaman 333 - ... the capuchins snatched her from the jaws of death ; it was really worth hearing : you will say, perhaps, her time was not come ; no one joins more heartily in such an opinion than myself; but still I cannot help admiring the second causes made use of by Providence to call a poor creature from death to life.
Halaman 28 - ... our axle-trees in water. From Vitre here, a road which I have travelled a thousand times, the place was entirely unrecognisable. The causeways were impassable; the ruts were sunk to a frightful depth; the little inequalities in the road were higher and deeper than they were; and therefore, seeing that we could no longer find our way, we sent to Pilois for help. He soon came, bringing with him about a dozen country-men, some of whom held up the carriage^ while others went in front with wisps of...