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Seite 128 - lois, Et qu'en usurpant la couronne ; Par ses forfaits il règne au palais de nos rois ; Voilà ce que j'ai vu, voilà ce qui m'étonne." J'avoue avec l'antiquité, Que ces monstres sont detestables, Mais, par bonheur, ce sont des fables ; Et c'est ici la
Seite 128 - ses poisons, A l'horrible banquet de Thyeste et d'Atrée ; A la barbare faim des cruels Lestrigons. De tels contes pourtant ne sont crus de personne, Mais que Maupeou seul ait renversée nos lois, Et qu'en usurpant la couronne ; Par ses forfaits il règne au palais de nos rois ; Voilà ce que j'ai vu, voilà ce qui m'étonne." J'avoue avec l'antiquité, Que ces monstres sont
Seite 91 - Now let us drop the subject," said Louis; "let madame de Choiseul repose in peace to-night, and tomorrow morning, at eleven o'clock, go yourself, M. de la Vrilliere, and carry my orders to the duke, and bring back his staff of office." " Short and sweet," cried I. " To whom will you give it, sire?
Seite 300 - Jean went in search of Yon. Yon was a grave, formal, and affected personage, who, proud of filling the place of father to a daughter of the king, treated all matters relative to his ward with the most solemn gravity. However, comte Jean, who never anticipated the possibility of a mischance under any circumstances, and
Seite 201 - Besides Madame, there were two under-mistresses, whose duties consisted in keeping company with the young ladies who were placed there. They sometimes dined with new comers, instructed them in polite behaviour, and aided them in their musical lessons, or in dancing, history, and literature, in which these
Seite 212 - Really your majesty talks," replied I, " as though this trifling pension were to be drawn from your own privy purse." At the house of madame de Valentinois I met the marechale de Luxembourg, who had recently returned from Chanteloup. There really was something of infatuation in the general mania which seemed to prevail of treating the king's sentiments with
Seite 56 - Monday, September 3, 1770, at length arrived. At the break of day the various detachments of the king's guards took possession of the posts assigned to them; and their martial and imposing appearance was sufficient to inform every malecontent they had the power, as well as will, to repress all demonstrations of dissatisfaction.
Seite 7 - your liberality, however I may for your candour." '• Madam, I have never [since my entry into the ministry sought to live at the expense of my country ; and let me resign my office when I may, I shall retire loaded only with debts, whilst you and your friends draw large revenues from the
Seite 186 - mise you not to publish your secret," (which, by the way, I was very certain was not communicated for the first time when told to me.) This confidence on the part of the mare'chale had, in some unaccountable manner, only increased the ardent desire I felt to see the author of the nouvelle
Seite 97 - The marquise de 1'Hopital came to solicit my interest for the prince de Soubise, her lover. I replied, that his majesty would rather have the mare'chal for his friend than his minister; that, in fact, the different appointments had taken place; and that, if the names of the parties was not immediately divulged, it was to