Memoirs of BérangerHurst & Blackett, 1858 - 337 Seiten |
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Seite 332 - ... taste is gratified by chronicles of sport, the lover of adventure will find a number of perils and escapes to hang over, and the lover of a frank good-humoured way of speech will find the book a pleasant one in every page.
Seite 332 - ELIZABETH DE VALOIS, QUEEN OF SPAIN, AND THE COURT OF PHILIP II. From numerous unpublished sources in the Archives of France, Italy, and Spain. By MISS FREER. 2 vols post 8vo. with fine Portraits by HEATH, 21s.
Seite 332 - ... good.humoured way of speech will find the book a pleasant one in every page. Seven years of wandering, thirty-nine thousand five hundred miles of moving to and fro in a wild and almost unknown country, should yield a book worth reading, and they do."— Examiner.
Seite 66 - ... years, I succeeded in forming for myself a poetic system, almost complete, which I have doubtless since perfected, but which has scarcely varied at all in any of its principal rules. At this period, also, I meditated much on the nature and genius of language — thus venturing to master, at a high point, ascience, the rudimentary steps of which have often inspired me with a sort of repugnance.
Seite 332 - V.— A WOMAN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN. BY THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." " A book of sound counsel It is one of the most sensible works of its kind, wellwritten, true-hearted, and altogether practical Whoever wishes to give advice to a young lady may thank the author for means of doing so."— Examiner.
Seite 4 - That memorable event may be said to have embraced almost all the instruction I ever received there ; for, to the best of my recollection, I was never taught either reading or writing.
Seite 332 - Chinese Tartary, and Central Asia. By THOMAS WITLAM ATKINSON. In one large volume, royal 8vo., embellished with upwards of 50 Illustrations, including numerous beautifully coloured Plates, from drawings by the Author, and a Map.
Seite 70 - When the great news of his unexpected return arrived, I was in our cabinet de lecture, in the midst of more than thirty persons. They all rose spontaneously, uttering a long cry of joy. The same manifestations of delight were made throughout the whole country. France believed herself now saved. When the presence of a man in a country produces such' effects on the people, he is unquestionably their master ; the wise and prudent are without any influence in the matter. When Buonaparte disembarked...
Seite 227 - Monsieur le due, believe me, it is not a ridiculous democratic humour which prevents me accepting your invitations. I am sensible of the honour you do me ; but my dictionary is different from the one used in your saloons. Until I had studied you page by page, I should be only a fool or a mute in your society.
Seite 12 - This moment it still dwells vividly in my recollection. My grandfather, having been seized with paralysis, had retired with an insufficient income, and could not provide for me. My father rejected the burden of my support ; and my mother was totally regardless of me. I was no more than nine years and a half old ; but I felt that I was repelled by all.