Letters of Madame de Sévigné to Her Daughter and Her Friends, Volume 6J. Walker, 1811 |
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... understand the religion they profess , and will ne- ver reject the Holy Scriptures because they have been translated by worthy men ; they pay all due honour to the saving grace of Christ ; they acknowledge the power of Providence ; they ...
... understand the religion they profess , and will ne- ver reject the Holy Scriptures because they have been translated by worthy men ; they pay all due honour to the saving grace of Christ ; they acknowledge the power of Providence ; they ...
Halaman 15
... understanding and so fine a wit ; it destroys the health of the possessor . For my part I am almost ready to blush at the good health I enjoy . It seems to partake of folly , to be so well as I am ; it is much superior to the mediocrity ...
... understanding and so fine a wit ; it destroys the health of the possessor . For my part I am almost ready to blush at the good health I enjoy . It seems to partake of folly , to be so well as I am ; it is much superior to the mediocrity ...
Halaman 16
... understanding , that I am silly enough to run about exclaiming that my daughter is ill , because she has so much mind : indeed , indeed , my dear ! I am not one to think or talk thus ; I have written you my real sen- timents on the ...
... understanding , that I am silly enough to run about exclaiming that my daughter is ill , because she has so much mind : indeed , indeed , my dear ! I am not one to think or talk thus ; I have written you my real sen- timents on the ...
Halaman 18
... understands and sings the opera airs better than most I have met with . She is a rela- tion of the first president , and of M. d'Harouis . I wish she could take the place of mademoiselle de Ples- sis till All - Saints only ; and she ...
... understands and sings the opera airs better than most I have met with . She is a rela- tion of the first president , and of M. d'Harouis . I wish she could take the place of mademoiselle de Ples- sis till All - Saints only ; and she ...
Halaman 37
... understanding . As you are not at all the fatter for being ignorant , let me advise con over the old lessons of your father Descartes . I you to wish you could have Corbinelli with you just now ; I think he would amuse you . For my part ...
... understanding . As you are not at all the fatter for being ignorant , let me advise con over the old lessons of your father Descartes . I you to wish you could have Corbinelli with you just now ; I think he would amuse you . For my part ...
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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...