 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.  Burke, Select Works - Seite 82von Edmund Burke - 1898 - 712 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Campbell, Thomas Carlyle - 1843 - 468 Seiten
...reader, on perusing such details, is not reminded of the impassioned outburst of the eloquent Burke : " It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw 'her just... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...contempt. [Marie Antoinette, Queen of France.'] [From ' Reflection» on the Revolution in France.'] one all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, b dauphmesa, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch,... | |
 | 1844 - 778 Seiten
...unfortunate queen of France, selected from the Essay on the French Revolution; and the quotaBURKE. " It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...of France.} [From • R*ueotioni on the Revolution In France.'] It ie now sixteen or seventeen yean so c".0c".`J!. never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just... | |
 | 1844 - 616 Seiten
...association of poetry with rhetoric is, of course, more intimate and denned ; COPLESTON AND KEBLE. 249 "It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb, which slie hardly seemed to touch, a more (Ipliirhtful... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...that, like 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...France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. OF EDMUND BURKE.... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 Seiten
...pardon something to the spirit of liberty. LESSON CLXVII. Apostrophe to the Queen of France. BURKE. IT is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1845 - 404 Seiten
...AND PITT, COMPARED WITH extract, as a characteristic specimen, both of his written and spoken style. "It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw...France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she scarcely seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - 1845 - 188 Seiten
...Gallia's King! Columbia's great ally!" And thus the great English orator of that day describes her: " It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...France, then the Dauphiness, at Versailles: and surely never lighted on this orb, which she scarcely seemed to touch, a more delightful vision ! I saw her,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 Seiten
...collec'ted. EULOGIUM ON MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE. BURKE. IT is now sixteen or seVenteen-years/ since I saw the Queen of Fra'nce, then the daup'hiness, at Versai'lles ; and surely never ligh'ted on this o'rb (which sh'e hardly seemed to touch) a more delig'htful vi'sion ! I saw... | |
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