The Diary of an Invalid: Being the Journal of a Tour in Pursuit of Health, in Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and France, in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819, المجلد 2J. Murray, 1824 - 307 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 74 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
الصفحة 4 - ... gainst his love, Either in discourse of thought, or actual deed; Or that mine eyes, mine ears, or any sense, Delighted them in any other form ; Or that I do not yet, and ever did, And ever will, — though he do shake me off To beggarly divorcement, — love him dearly, Comfort forswear me! Unkindness may do much; And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.
الصفحة 191 - Solitude, où je trouve une douceur secrète, Lieux que j'aimai toujours, ne pourrai-je jamais Loin du monde et du bruit goûter l'ombre et le frais?
الصفحة 116 - ... dans le corps, plus de serenite dans 1'esprit ; les plaisirs y sont Inoins ardens, les passions plus moderees. Les meditations y prennent je ne sais quel caractere grand et sublime, proportionne aux objets, qui nous frappent, — -je ne sais quelle volupte tranquille, qui n'a rien d'acre et de sensuel.
الصفحة 123 - ... and rather sumptuous. Voltaire's heart was kept in the chamber where his bed stands, until Madame Denis took it to Paris with her. Now there remains only a black monument with the inscription, "Son esprit est partout et son coeur est ici" (His spirit is everywhere, his heart is here). And over this, "Mes manes sont consoles, puisque mon coeur est au milieu de vous" (My shades are comforted, for my heart is amongst you).
الصفحة 117 - On y est grave sans melancolie, paisible sans indolence, content d'etre et de penser: tous les desirs trop vifs...
الصفحة 31 - latitudes is beyond all expression or belief. Doubtless Lord B. ' told you of the order of the Aulic Council for the Archbishop of ' Aquileia to go to St. Mark's in a coach and six ; as if the Lord 'Mayor were ordered to go to St. James's Palace in a gondola.
الصفحة 293 - You mistake me, Sister. It happens with us as among the men, the greatest talkers are the greatest cowards; and there's a reason for it; those spirits evaporate in prattle, which might do more mischief if they took another course.
الصفحة 124 - The Baron delivered the message: — " Tell him," replied Clement, " that, as long as Ganganelli is Pope, the Grand Inquisitor shall have neither ears nor eyes.
الصفحة 116 - Ce fut là que je démêlai sensiblement dans la pureté de l'air où je me trouvais la véritable cause du changement de mon humeur et du retour de cette paix intérieure que j'avais perdue depuis si longtemps. En effet, c'est une impression générale qu'éprouvent tous les hommes, quoiqu'ils ne l'observent pas tous, que sur les hautes montagnes, où l'air est pur et subtil, on se sent plus de facilité dans la respiration, plus de légèreté dans...