 | 1810 - 702 Seiten
...Burke's use of this figure in his celebrated description of the queen of France is of a similar nature: " It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the eleyated sphere she just began to moves in ; glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendor,... | |
 | Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 Seiten
...within it which possesses mine : " It is now," said the immortal Burke, in 1790, "sixteen or eighteen years since I saw the " Queen of France, then the...just above " the horizon, decorating and cheering the ele" vated sphere she just began to move in — glit" tering like the morning star, full of life, and... | |
 | Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 Seiten
...within it which possesses mine : " It is now," said the immortal Burke, in 1790, "sixteen or eighteen years since I saw the " Queen of France, then the...which she hardly seemed to touch, a " more delightful vision—I saw her just above " the horizon, decorating and cheering the elc" vated sphere she just... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 Seiten
...conquer —or die ! . SECTION II. Eulogium of Antoinette, the late Queen of France. IT is now sixteen-or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then...-horizon,. decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just began to move in,— —glittering like the morning star ; full of life, and splendor, and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 Seiten
...with the dignity of a Roman matron ; that in the last extremity she will save herself from the hst disgrace, and that if she must fall, she will fall...seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the Uauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch,... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 Seiten
...liberties — let us conquer, or die ! Section II. EULOGIUM OF ANTOINETTE, THE LATE QUEEN OF FRANCE. It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just began to move in, glittering like the morning star ; full of life, and splendour, and joy.... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 Seiten
...liberties—let us conquer, or die ! Section 11. EULOGIUM OF ANTOINETTE, THE LATE QUEEN OF FRANCE. . It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. 1 saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just began to... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1826 - 520 Seiten
...her, she has lofty sentiments ; that she feels with the dignity of a Roman matron ; that in the last extremity she will save herself from the last disgrace...is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queeu of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she... | |
 | 1830 - 408 Seiten
...strictly applicable to what I beheld in her. " It is now sixteen or seventeen years," he observes,* " since I saw the Queen of France, then the Dauphiness,...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just began to move in, glittering like the morning-star, full of life and splendour, and joy. Oh!... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 434 Seiten
...celebrated comparison of the Queen of France, though going to the verge of chaste style, hardly passes it. "And surely, never lighted on this orb, which she...her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering Hie elevated sphere she just began to move in — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and... | |
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It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. 
