 ... a miserable-looking man, lying listlessly on the straw of his dungeon, scarcely clothed with a few tattered rags, and surrounded by rats and reptiles. Madame Necker soothed his fixed and sullen despair with promises of speedy relief ; nor did she...  Woman in France During the Eighteenth Century - Seite 259von Julia Kavanagh - 1864 - 491 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - 946 Seiten
...despair with promises of speedy relief; nor did she depart until she had kept her word, and seen M. de |%}% Acts of individual benevolence were not, however, the only object of the minister's wife. Notwithstanding... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1857 - 1030 Seiten
...despair with promises of speedy relief; nor did she depart until she had kept her word, and seen M. de Lautrec removed to an abode where, if still a prisoner,...few days left him by the tyranny of his oppressors. Acts of individual benevolence were not, however, the only object of the minister's wife. Notwithstanding... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1857 - 810 Seiten
...despair vvith promises of speedy relief; nor did she depart until she had kept her word, and seen M. de Lautrec removed to an abode where, if still a prisoner,...few days left him by the tyranny of his oppressors. Acts of individual benevolence were not, however, the only ohject of the minister's wife. Notwithstanding... | |
 | Women - 1859 - 312 Seiten
...despair with promises of speedy relief; nor did she depart until she had kept her word, and seen M. de Lautrec removed to an abode where, if still a prisoner,...few days left him by the tyranny of his oppressors. Acts of individual benevolence were not, however, the only object of the minister's wife. Notwithstanding... | |
 | 1861 - 330 Seiten
...despair with promises of speedy relief; nor did she depart until she had kept her word, and seen M. de Lautrec removed to an abode where, if still a prisoner,...few days left him by the tyranny of his oppressors. Acts of individual benevolence were not, however, the only object of the minister's wife. Notwithstanding... | |
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