Letters of Madame de Sévigné to Her Daughter and Her Friends, Volume 6J. Walker, 1811 |
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... princess de Tarente ; perhaps she is not yet at Vitré . The vi sionary nuptials with the prince of Denmark did not last long ; and several other matches have since fallen to the ground in the same way . LETTER DCXXXI . TO THE SAME ...
... princess de Tarente ; perhaps she is not yet at Vitré . The vi sionary nuptials with the prince of Denmark did not last long ; and several other matches have since fallen to the ground in the same way . LETTER DCXXXI . TO THE SAME ...
Halaman 31
... princess . The beau- tiful Fontanges still continues very ill . My son tells me , they pass their time very pleasantly at Fontain- bleau . Corneille's comedies are the delight of the whole court ; I have written to my son , that it must ...
... princess . The beau- tiful Fontanges still continues very ill . My son tells me , they pass their time very pleasantly at Fontain- bleau . Corneille's comedies are the delight of the whole court ; I have written to my son , that it must ...
Halaman 32
... princess comes to Vitré , I shall not go there , I am so angry . The true name of her son - in - law is Oldembourg ; I took pleasure in writing it ridiculously † , from its being a German name : it was a sorry jest . There is subject ...
... princess comes to Vitré , I shall not go there , I am so angry . The true name of her son - in - law is Oldembourg ; I took pleasure in writing it ridiculously † , from its being a German name : it was a sorry jest . There is subject ...
Halaman 36
... princess of Savoy had spoken of her as her best friend . I am very glad my letter pleased M. de Grignan : I spoke my mind with great sincerity . He must divest himself of all those ruinous whims , which take their turns with him by the ...
... princess of Savoy had spoken of her as her best friend . I am very glad my letter pleased M. de Grignan : I spoke my mind with great sincerity . He must divest himself of all those ruinous whims , which take their turns with him by the ...
Halaman 72
... princess is by no means agreeable to her taste or inclination ; and , were it not for the docility of her temper and her ex- treme wish to oblige , must be called a restraint : in- deed , who knows what passes in the most beautiful ...
... princess is by no means agreeable to her taste or inclination ; and , were it not for the docility of her temper and her ex- treme wish to oblige , must be called a restraint : in- deed , who knows what passes in the most beautiful ...
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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...