Memoirs of a traveller [calling himself Duchillou] now in retirement, written by himself. Transl, المجلد 31806 |
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Abbé Bastiani acquainted affair afterwards agreeable Algernon Percy amiable amused answer arrived asked Bath Beaumarchais begged Bertin Brunswick Chanteloup CHAPTER charming Chevalier conversation Count de Rice Countess de Boufflers Court d'Alembert d'Eon Damer desirous dine Duchess Duchess of Northumberland Duke d'Aiguillon Duke de Choiseul Duke of Northumberland Empress favour flattered fond France frequently friends gave Guines Holker honour husband King of Prussia King of Sweden King's knew Lady Algernon letter lived London Lord Algernon Lord Algernon Percy Louis XV Madame de Boufflers Madame du Barry Mademoiselle Majesty Malesherbes manner Maurepas ment mind minister mistress night o'clock occasion pany Paris party person philosopher physician Potsdam Prince de Conti Princess Quintus Icilius received regret rendered retire sent shewed Sire supper talents thing thither thought tion told took Trudaine Turgot Turin Viscount Viscountess wished wrote young
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الصفحة 50 - The reason which the owner of it gave me for refusing the oiler was, that his hyacinth was known to all the amateurs of Europe, and that he sold the bulbs every year for more than the interest of five hundred guineas. These bulbs produced the same sort of flower, in all its beauty.
الصفحة 201 - from which he had been long ab," sent, he went to pay a visit to one •*' of his old friends, whom he had not *' heard from for more than a year. •* Upon his arrival at the house, he was " received by the son of his friend, " who told him that his father had been " dead about a year. Though he was " struck with the news which was so " unexpected, it did not prevent him " from going in. He conversed with " the son upon the state of his affairs, " and frequently interrupted the con** versation...
الصفحة 145 - He was exposed as soon as he was born ; and was received by the wife of a glazier, who took care of him as if he had been her own son. M. Destouches, however, who had not lost sight of him, provided for his eduVOL. III. L cation, and secretly supplied the necessary means for his support. When he became celebrated for his talents and science, he was introduced into the -world by the Marchioness du Defiant. Madame de Tencin, who adored men of genius, wished to acknowledge him ; but he refused her desire,...
الصفحة 49 - I was then witness to a circumstance I could not otherwise have believed, respecting the price of flowers in Holland ; I saw four hundred and seventyfive guineas offered and refused for a hyacinth. It was, to be sure, the most charming flower that ever was seen: it belonged to a florist of Haarlem, and another florist...
الصفحة 271 - Et dont il joue à sa manière ; Des globes de savon et d'eau , Que forme , au bout d'un chalumeau , D'un enfant l'haleine légère. Chaque globe est plus ou moins grand ; Mais tous ne sont pleins que de vent : Telle est des grands la tvoutic entière.
الصفحة 2 - Faith !" said the Englishman, " it is " not that I care much about it; but ** as I have already seen five Kings, I " should have been glad to make up
الصفحة 22 - Souci, and went frequently to see him in it. He had dispensed with his dining with him, as his health would not permit him to remain long at table. He was the only one of all those, who had been in favour with the king, who could really be called his friend, and who was devotedly attached to his person. The king, who was alive to friendship, had remarked this disposition in him, and had set so much value upon it, that there never was any person for whom he had shown so much attention, deference,...
الصفحة 205 - of the night endeavoured to escape: " but not finding the keys in the outer * ' door, he naturally took the way to " his apartment, which, though in the " dark, he easily found. M. Bertin " called up his servant without loss of " time; said he wished to set off im...
الصفحة 84 - G2 not less ardent: perceiving, however, that he did not succeed so well as he had formerly done, he one day said: " It is time for me to retire: formerly " my civilities were taken for declara" tions of love, but now my declara" tions of love are taken only forcivili
الصفحة 267 - ... no English lady ever wrote better in the epistolary style than she did. Her letters were, like her conversation, natural, lively, gay; full of reason, wit, and interest.