Woman in France During the Eighteenth Century, Band 2Smith, Elder and Company, 1850 |
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... passing rapidly away . Madame Geoffrin and Mademoiselle de Lespinasse died in the earlier portion of the reign of Louis XVI . , and no ladies of equal tact or talent were found to seize on the power they thus left vacant . Old , blind ...
... passing rapidly away . Madame Geoffrin and Mademoiselle de Lespinasse died in the earlier portion of the reign of Louis XVI . , and no ladies of equal tact or talent were found to seize on the power they thus left vacant . Old , blind ...
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... passed by . A few weeks after receiving these memorable honours , Voltaire died , on the 30th of May 1778 . The clergy refused to bury him ; and , whilst his name was on every lip , the government forbade his death to be mentioned in ...
... passed by . A few weeks after receiving these memorable honours , Voltaire died , on the 30th of May 1778 . The clergy refused to bury him ; and , whilst his name was on every lip , the government forbade his death to be mentioned in ...
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... passed away , and wrought no change in this strange infatua- tion . The cardinal caught distant glimpses of the queen , and hoped against all hope for the return of her favour , whilst she relentlessly persisted in the manifestations of ...
... passed away , and wrought no change in this strange infatua- tion . The cardinal caught distant glimpses of the queen , and hoped against all hope for the return of her favour , whilst she relentlessly persisted in the manifestations of ...
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... condition of France by the administration suited to a private household , or to a banking house , was not so forcibly felt then as now , when nations have passed through the bitter experience of revolutions . His extraor- dinary popularity.
... condition of France by the administration suited to a private household , or to a banking house , was not so forcibly felt then as now , when nations have passed through the bitter experience of revolutions . His extraor- dinary popularity.
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... passing through the town of Sens , she was stopped with her friends by an excited crowd , who eagerly asked if France had yet got rid of the Polignacs . The travellers replied in the affirmative , and were allowed to proceed . At Bâle ...
... passing through the town of Sens , she was stopped with her friends by an excited crowd , who eagerly asked if France had yet got rid of the Polignacs . The travellers replied in the affirmative , and were allowed to proceed . At Bâle ...
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accused admiration amongst Antoinette asked beautiful became behold blood calm captivity Charlotte Corday Conciergerie condemned Condorcet courage court crime crowd daughter death deep devotedness dignity Duchess Duke eloquence enthusiasm exclaimed fate father favour favourite feeling felt France freedom French friends frivolous gaolers gave gentle Girondists grace guillotine heart heroic heroism honour husband imprudent influence Jacobins king knew ladies Louis XVI Madame de Condorcet Madame de Genlis Madame de Polignac Madame de Staël Madame du Barry Madame Elizabeth Madame Necker Madame Roland Madame Tallien Mademoiselle Manon Marat Marie-Antoinette massacres ment Mirabeau monarchy mother never noble Notwithstanding Paris party passionate perished political popular Princess prison pure queen refused Reign of Terror replied republic republican Revolution Robespierre rose royal family royalist scaffold serenity society soon soul spirit struggle talent thought Tinville tion took tribunal Vendean Versailles victims whilst wife woman women young youth
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Seite 37 - Whilst retracing," he observes at the conclusion of his work, " a portion of the charitable tasks prescribed by your majesty, let me be permitted, sire, to allude, without naming her, to a person gifted with singular virtues, and who has materially assisted me in accomplishing the designs of your majesty. Although her name was never uttered to you, in all the vanities of high office, it is right, sire, that you should be aware that it is known and frequently invoked in the most obscure asylums of...
Seite 57 - A variety of others have been made since of different sizes; some to be set in the lids of snuffboxes, and some so small as to be worn in rings ; and the numbers sold are incredible. These, with the pictures, busts, and prints, (of which copies upon copies are spread everywhere,) have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon...
Seite 193 - A lively imagination," she goes on, " and a feeling heart, promise but a stormy life ; I beseech those who might regret me, to consider this, and they will rejoice to know that I am enjoying repose in the Elysian fields, with Brutus and others of the ancients.
Seite 57 - ... is totally without foundation. But one is not to expect being always in fashion. I hope, however, to preserve, while I stay, the regard you mention of the French ladies ; for their society and conversation, when I have time to enjoy them, are extremely agreeable.
Seite 181 - He was, however, poorer than many of the peasants amongst whom he hved, cultivating with his own hands his narrow inheritance. He married in early life a lady of gentle blood, but as poor as himself. They had five children and a noble name to support, in a vain show of dignity, on their insufficient income. It thus happened that Charlotte, their fourth child and second daughter, was born in a thatched dwelling, in the village of...
Seite 224 - Pelagic, where her soul, superior to circumstances, retained its accustomed serenity, and she conversed with the same animated cheerfulness in her little cell as she used to do in the hotel of the minister. She had provided herself with a few books, and I found her reading Plutarch. She told me she expected to die, and the look of placid resignation with which she said it convinced me that she was prepared to meet death with a firmness worthy of her exalted character. When I inquired after her daughter...
Seite 231 - let me at least spare you the pain of seeing my blood flow." Turning to the executioner, she asked if he would consent to that arrangement ; he replied, " That his orders were that she should die the first."— "You cannot, I am sure...
Seite 195 - These gentlemen." said she, pointing to the judges, " have just informed me that the whole of my property is confiscated. I owe something in the prison : as a proof of my friendship and esteem, I request you to pay this little debt.
Seite 110 - She hastily shut the door upon the unfortunate victim of duty, fastened it with the great bolt, and took the same precaution on leaving the next room. On reaching the Queen's chamber she cried out to her, " Get up, Madame! Don't stay to dress yourself; fly to the King's apartment ! " The terrified Queen threw herself out of bed ; they put a petticoat upon her without tying it, and the two ladies conducted her towards the anl-de-b<xnf.
Seite 184 - ... stern and fearful in one so gentle — had revealed it to all France. A silent reserve characterized this epoch of Charlotte Corday's life : her enthusiasm was not external, but inward : she listened to the discussions which were carried on around her, without taking a part in them herself. She. seemed to feel, instinctively, that great thoughts are always better nursed in the heart's solitude: that they can only lose their native depth and intensity by being revealed too freely before the indifferent...