 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1828 - 532 pagina’s
...simplicity of the old Roman. A small house in the English style, resembling the neighbouring houses, was the palace of the President of the United States : no guards, nor even footmen. I knocked: a servant-girl opened the door. I enquired if the general was at home... | |
 | James Stuart - 1833 - 632 pagina’s
...simplicity of the old Roman. " A small house in the English style, resembling the neighbouring houses, was the palace of the president of the United States : no guards, nor even footmen. I knocked : a servant girl opened the door. I inquired if the General was at home... | |
 | James Stuart - 1833 - 568 pagina’s
...simplicity of the old Roman. " A small house in the English style, resembling the neighbouring houses, was the palace of the president of the United States: no guards, nor even footmen. I knocked : a servant girl opened the door. I inquired if the General was at home... | |
 | 1834 - 1056 pagina’s
...pleasing. "A little house of the English construction, resembling the houses in its neighbourhood, was the palace of the President of the United States. No guards, no valets. I knocked — a young servant-girl opened to me. I asked her if the General wae at home.... | |
 | François René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1848 - 488 pagina’s
...But when I went to deliver my letter of introduction, I found all the simplicity of an ancient Roman. A small house, similar to those around it, was the...pronounce, and could not remember it ; then requested me to " walk in," led me along one of those narrow corridors which serve as ve-tibules to English houses,... | |
 | 1850 - 216 pagina’s
...house of the English construction (says Chateaubriand), resembling the houses in its neighbourhood, was the palace of the President of the United States. No guards, no valets. I knocked — a young servant-girl opened to me. I asked her if the General was at home.... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott - 1884 - 1004 pagina’s
...Roman. " A small house built in the English style, and resembling the other houses in its neighborhood, was the palace of the President of the United States ; no guards, not even footmen. I knocked, a young servant girl opened the door. I asked her if the general was at home; she... | |
 | James Stuart - 1833 - 352 pagina’s
...simplicity of the old Roman. " A small house in the English style, resembling the neighbouring houses, was the palace of the President of the United States : no guards, nor even footmen. I knocked : a servant girl opened the door. I inquired if the general was at home... | |
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... dictator, be any other than a clown, urging his oxen with the goad, and holding the handle of the plough ? But when I went to deliver my letter of recommendation to this great man, I found in him the simplicity of the old Roman. " A small house in... 