 Even the soul of the conqueror who had devastated Europe was stirred in its inmost depths by the simple sound. " When we were at Malmaison," says Bourrienne of Napoleon, "how often has the booming of the village bell broken off the most interesting conversations...  The Bell: Its Origin, History, and Uses - Seite 44von Alfred Gatty - 1848 - 117 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1830 - 374 Seiten
...the avenue leading to Rnel, how often has the booming of the village bell broken off our most serious conversations. He stopped, lest the moving of our feet might cause the loss of a tone in the sounds which charmed him. He was even inclined to be angry with me for not feeling- the same impressions... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 436 Seiten
...Napoleon a singular effect. When we were at Malmaison, and while walking in the avenue leading to Ruel, how often has the booming of the village bell broken...of our feet might cause the loss of a tone in the sounds which charmed him. The influence, indeed, was so powerful, that his voice trembled with emotion... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 434 Seiten
...When we were at Malmaison, and while walking in the avenue leading to Ruel, how often has the Dooming of the village bell broken off the most interesting...moving of our feet might cause the loss of a tone in th« sounds which charmed him. The influence, indeed, was so powerful, that his voice trembled with... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1843 - 414 Seiten
...while walking in the avenue leading to Ruel, how often has the booming of the village bell broken ofl' the most interesting conversations. He stopped, lest...of our feet might cause the loss of a tone in the sounds which charmed him. The influence, indeed, was so powerful, that his voice trembled with emotion... | |
 | 1855 - 602 Seiten
...in its inmost depths by the simple sound. " When we were at Malmaison," says Bourrienne of Napoleon, "how often has the booming of the village bell broken...lest the moving of our feet might cause the loss of a single beat of the tones which charmed him. The influence, indeed, was so powerful that his voice trembled... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1854 - 568 Seiten
...its inmost depths by the simple sound. ' When we were at Malmaison,' says Bourrienneof Napoleon, ' how often has the booming of the village bell broken...lest the moving of our feet might cause the loss of a single beat of the tones which charmed him. The influence, indeed, was so powerful that his voice trembled... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1854 - 568 Seiten
...its inmost depths by the simple sound. ' When we were at Malxnaison,' says Bourrienne of Napoleon, ' how often has the booming of the village bell broken...lest the moving of our feet might cause the loss of a single beat of the tones which charmed him. The influence, indeed, was so powerful that his voice trembled... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 588 Seiten
...in its inmost depths by the simple sound. " When we were at Malmaison," says Bourrienne of Napoleon, "how often has the booming of the village bell broken off the most interesting conversations ! lie stopped, lest the moving of our feet might cause the loss of a single beat of the tones which... | |
 | William Sidney Gibson - 1858 - 326 Seiten
...its inmost depths by the simple sound. " When we were at Malmaison," says Bourrienne of Napoleon, " how often has the booming of the village bell broken...lest the moving of our feet might cause the loss of a single bout of the tones which charmed him. The influence, indeed, was so powerful tliat his voice... | |
 | William Sidney Gibson - 1858 - 332 Seiten
...simple sound. '• When we were at Mulmaison." says Bourrienne of Napoleon, " how often has the boomins of the village bell broken off the most interesting...lest the moving of our feet might cause the loss of a single beat of the tones which charmed him. The influence, indeed, was so powerful that his voice trembled... | |
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