Days Near ParisG. Routledge, 1888 - 359 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 163 - Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts : we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
الصفحة 314 - He whose journey lies from Versailles to Chevreuse, will soon find himself at the brow of a steep cleft or hollow, intersecting the monotonous plain across which he has been passing. The brook which winds through the verdant meadows beneath him, stagnates into a large pool, reflecting the solitary Gothic arch, the water-mill, and the dovecot, which rise from its banks ; with the farm-house, the decayed towers, the forest-trees, and innumerable shrubs and creepers which clothe the slopes of the valley.
الصفحة 147 - L'autre moitié resta dans les plaines de Mars ; H dispersa partout ses membres et sa gloire ; Tout abattu qu'il fut, il demeura vainqueur. Son sang fut en cent lieux le prix de la victoire , Et Mars ne lui laissa rien d'entier que le cœur.
الصفحة 324 - In that spot, however, may still be seen the winding brook, the verdant hills, and the quiet meadows, nature's indestructible monuments to the devout men and holy women who nurtured there affections which made them lovely in their lives, and hopes which rendered them triumphant in death.
الصفحة 324 - They died the martyrs of sincerity ; strong in the faith that a lie must ever be hateful in the sight of God, though infallible popes should exact it, or an infallible church, as represented by cardinals and confessors, should persuade it.
الصفحة 323 - ... presence. They appeared before him veiled, silent, and submissive. Their papers, their title-deeds, and their property were then seized, and proclamation made of a royal decree which directed their immediate exile. It was instantly carried into effect. Far and wide, along the summits of the neighbouring hills, might be seen a thronging multitude of the peasants whom they had instructed, and of the poor whom they had relieved. Bitter cries of indignation and of grief, joined with fervent prayers,...
الصفحة 146 - She frequently visited Chaillot afterwards, and kept up a constant correspondence with its inmates. Hither she retired immediately after the death of James II., and one of the nuns records ' how, in her weeds, covered by a long black veil, and preceded by the nuns singing the " De Profundis," she came to the chapel to visit the heart of her husband.
الصفحة 324 - Be faithful to the end," were the last words which she addressed to the last companion of her sorrows. And nobly did she fulfil her own counsels. She was conducted to a convent, where, under a close guard, she was compelled to endure the utmost rigours of a jail.
الصفحة 320 - ... without hands, towards which his adoration was directed. Wealth was never permitted to introduce, nor poverty to exclude any candidate for admission as a novice or a pupil. On one occasion twenty thousand francs were given as a relief to a distressed community; on another, four times that sum were restored to a benefactress, whose heart repented a bounty which she had no longer the right to reclaim. Their regular expenditure exceeded by more than seven-fold their certain income ; nor were they...
الصفحة 324 - ... they piled up a loathsome heap of bones and corpses, on which the dogs were permitted to feed. What remained was thrown into a pit, prepared for the purpose, near .the neighbouring churchyard of St Lambert. A wooden cross, erected by the villagers, marked the spot where many a pilgrim resorted to pray for the souls of the departed, and for his own. At length no trace remained of the fortress of Jansenism to offend the eye of the Jesuits, or to perpetuate the memory of the illustrious dead with...