French Society from the Fronde to the Great Revolution, Band 1R. Bentley and son, 1874 |
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Seite 114 - I have four; he has only three then, he has only four; — and Dangeau is delighted with all this chatter? he sees through the game — he draws his conclusions — he discovers which is the person he wants ; truly he is your only man for holding the cards. At six, the carriages are at the door. The King is in one of them with Madame de Montespan, Monsieur and Madame de Thianges, and honest d'Heudicourt in a fool's paradise on the stool. You know how these open carriages are made ; they do not sit...
Seite 104 - I think, had so much morality without constraint, and played so much with amiable feelings without falling into vice. Her ingenious, lively, social disposition, gave the direction to her mental power. She has so filled my heart with affectionate interest in her as a living friend, that I can scarcely bring myself to think of her aa a writer, or as having a style; but she has become a celebrated, perhaps an immortal writer, without expecting it: she is the only classical writer who never conceived...
Seite 124 - Rochefoucauld said of him, that his greatest ambition would have been to die for a love which he did not feel.
Seite 145 - Friday, that he had stabbed himself ; these are the particulars of the affair. The King arrived there on Thursday night ; the walk, and the collation, which was served in a place set apart for the purpose, and strewed with jonquils, were just as they should be. Supper was served, but there was no roast meat at one or two of the tables, on account of Vatel's having been obliged to provide several dinners more than were expected.
Seite 247 - ... known the populace evinced the greatest rage and despair. They assembled under the windows of Madame (de Pompadour), uttering threatening cries. She began to dread the fate of Madame de Chateauroux. Her friends every moment came in to bring her intelligence. Many only came out of curiosity, to see how she behaved. She did nothing but weep and faint by turns. Dr. Quesnay saw the King five or six times a day. " There is nothing to fear," said he ; " if it were any other person he might go to a...
Seite 104 - She has so filled my heart with affectionate interest in her as a living friend, that I can scarcely bring myself to think of her as a writer, or as having a style; but she has become a celebrated, perhaps an immortal writer, without expecting it: she is the only classical writer who never conceived the possibility of acquiring fame. Without a great force of style, she could not have communicated those feelings. In what does that talent consist? It seems mainly to consist in the power of working...
Seite 182 - ... six thousand in another - all at once and instantly. The King congratulated himself on his power and his piety. He believed himself to have renewed the days of the preaching of the Apostles, and attributed to himself all the honour. The bishops wrote panegyrics of him, the Jesuits made the pulpit resound with his praises. All France was filled with horror and confusion; and yet there never was so much triumph and joy - never such profusion of laudations! The monarch doubted not of the sincerity...
Seite 137 - Sunday, and yet, perhaps, will not be finished till Monday. I cannot expect you to guess it at once. I give you a trial of three times. Do you give it up? Well, then, I must tell you. M. de Lauzun is to marry, next Sunday, at the Louvre — guess whom ? I give you four times to guess it in — I give you six — I give you a hundred. ' Truly,' cries Madame de Coulanges, ' it must be a very difficult thing to guess.
Seite 126 - Mary's, still weeping and still dying of grief; it seemed as if my heart and my soul were being wrenched from me ; and in truth, what a cruel separation! I asked leave to be alone; I was taken into Madame du Housset's room, and they made me up a fire.
Seite 145 - Vatel's having been obliged to provide several dinners more than were expected. This affected his spirits, and he was heard to say several times, "I have lost my fame! I cannot bear this disgrace!" "My head is quite bewildered," he said to Gourville. "I have not had a wink of sleep these twelve nights, I wish you would assist me in giving orders.