 | François Marie Arouet de [prose] Voltaire - 1805 - 288 Seiten
...d'atteindre an noir riTige. Pour jouir des honneurs de 1'immortalite. Voltaire, resois la couronnc Quc 1'on vient de te presenter; II est beau de la meriter, Quand c'est la France qui la donne." Translated by MJ Young. Before thy country's raptur'd eyes, Our boundless praise receive to-day, Praise... | |
 | 1825 - 586 Seiten
...stage, and read a copy of verses, which concluded as follows : — Voltaire recois la couronne Que Ton vient de te presenter ; II est beau de la meriter, Quand c'est la France qui la donna. The public demanded a repetition of the verses, and a number of copies were immediately distributed.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 468 Seiten
...known, was one. t The Marquise de Villette, a fogter-child of his. VOLTAIRE, refois la couronne Que Von vient de te presenter ; II est beau de la meriter, Quand c'est la France qui la donne ! * . ' This was encored : the actress recited it again. Next, each of them went forward and laid his... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 490 Seiten
...Pourjouir des honneurs de V immortalite ! VOLTAIRE, regois la couronne Que I' on vient de te presenter ; 11 est beau de la meriter, Quand c'est la France qui la donne /3 1 He himself, as is perhaps too well known, was one. 2 The Marquise de Villette, a foster-child... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 434 Seiten
...d'atteindre au noir rivage Pourjouir des honneurs de Timmortalite 1 VOLTAIRE, refois la couronne Que Ton vient de te presenter; II est beau de la meriter, Quand c'est la France qui la donne 7i7 ": The Marquise de Villette, a foster-child of his. i7 As Dryden said of Swift, so may we say :... | |
 | Lady Lucy Clementina Drummond Davies - 1872 - 342 Seiten
...recited some verses, the concluding lines of which were — " Voltaire, regois la couronne, Que Ton vient de te presenter; II est beau de la meriter Quand...each actor laid the wreath he held round the bust ; and after one of the actresses had kissed it, all the other actors and actresses followed her example.... | |
 | Lady Lucy Clementina Drummond Davies - 1872 - 634 Seiten
...lines of which were — " Voltaire, re9ois la couronne, Que Ton vient de te presenter; II est bean de la me'riter Quand c'est la France qui la donne."...each actor laid the wreath he held round the bust; and after one of the actresses had kissed it, all the other actors and actresses followed her example.... | |
 | Lady Lucy Clementina Drummond Davies - 1872 - 344 Seiten
...re^ois la couronne, Que Ton vient de te presenter; II est beau de la meriter Quand o'est la Prance qui la donne." After this, each actor laid the wreath he held round the bust ; anr ^fter one of the actresses had kissed it, / the other actors and actresses followed /ier example.... | |
 | Lady Lucy Clementina Drummond Davies - 1872 - 346 Seiten
...recited sonae verses, the concluding lines of which were — " Voltaire, re§ois la couronne, Que Ton vient de te presenter; II est beau de la meriter Quand c'est la Prance qui la donne." After this, each actor laid the wreath he held round the bust; and after one... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 706 Seiten
...d'atteindre au noir rivage, Pour jouir de 1'honneur de I'immortalite. Voltaire, reeois la couronne Que Ton vient de te presenter. II est beau de la meriter, Quand c'est la France qui la donne! " These verses, well delivered by the actress, renewed the transports of the audience, who demanded... | |
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Voltaire, regois la couronne, Que Ton vient de te presenter; II est beau de la meriter Quand c'est la France qui la donne. 
