| James Hardiman - 1831 - 484 pagina’s
...reader of Edmund Burke's* celebrated description of the Queen of the unfortunate Lewis XVI. of France, " Surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly...sphere she just began to move in, glittering like Ihe morning star, full of life and splendour." In this beautiful passage, the force of early impressions... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 356 pagina’s
...the foregoing tables; and some of the most difficult combinations are frequently repeated in them. And surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. Burke. The evening was fine and the full orVd moon shone with uncommon splendor. 'Till that a capable... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 360 pagina’s
...the foregoing tables ; and some of the most difficult combinations are frequently repeated in them. And surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. Burke. The evening was fine and the full orUd moon shone with uncommon splendor. Till that a capable... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 pagina’s
...since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphin»*, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on the — but just as reasonable, as many of the serious wishes of very me horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, — glitten«; like... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 pagina’s
...will fall by no ignoble hand. It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, stretched out its hands for food. For months together, these creatures of sufferance, whose very an heart must I have, to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall ! Little did I dream... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pagina’s
...QUEEN OF FRANCE.—Burke. SIR, it is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles ; and surely, never...:—glittering, like the morning star ; full of life, and splendor, and joy. Oh ! what a revolution!—and what a heart must I have, to contemplate without emotion... | |
| 1837 - 186 pagina’s
...young man to whom I have awarded the first place, explained promptly and accurately the expressions ' surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision,'' ' decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in,' ' enthusiastic, distant,... | |
| Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers - 1838 - 448 pagina’s
...French Revolution. E. •}, " It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France at Versailles, and surely never lighted on this orb,...morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy." — Burke's Reflections. E. J " Turgot, of whom Malesherbes said ' He has the head of Bacon and the... | |
| Adolphe Thiers - 1838 - 454 pagina’s
...Alison's French Revolution. E. f " It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France at Versailles, and surely never lighted on this orb,...morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy." — Burke's Reflections. E. J " Turgot, of whom Malesherbes said ' He has the head of Bacon and the... | |
| 346 pagina’s
...writers. Speaking of Marie Antoinette, this elegant author says, ' Surely never lighted on this orh, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful...morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.' By the syren voice of such a being, were the better feelings of the unfortunate Louis ever subdued... | |
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