| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 Seiten
...laborious duty, in the obscure lot of minister of Grassy, in the mountains that separate the Pays de Vaud from the county of Burgundy. In the solitude of a sequestered village he bestowed a liberal mid even learned education on his only daughter. She surpassed his hopes by her proficiency in the... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 Seiten
...Grassy, in the mountains that separate the Pays de Vaud from the county of Burgundy. In the solitude of u sequestered village he bestowed a liberal and even...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to Mome relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1869 - 462 Seiten
...laborious duty, in the obscure lot of minister of Grassy, in the mountains that separate the Pays de Vaud from the county of Burgundy.* In the solitude of a sequestered village he * Extracts from the Journal. — March 1757.—I wrote some critical observations upon Plautus. March... | |
| 1875 - 448 Seiten
...laborious duty, in the obscure lot of minister of Grassy, in the mountains that separate the Pays de Vaud from the county of Burgundy. In the solitude...hopes by her proficiency in the sciences and languages j and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle... | |
| 1875 - 822 Seiten
...laborious duty, in the obscure lot of minister of Crassy, in the mountains that separate the Pays de Vaud from the county of Burgundy. In the solitude of a sequestered retreat he bestowed a liberal and even learned education on his only daughter. She surpassed his hopes... | |
| Abel Stevens - 1881 - 402 Seiten
...obscure lot of minister of Crassier, in the mountains that separate the Pays de Vaud from the country of Burgundy. In the solitude of a sequestered village...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some of her relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and the erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the... | |
| 1881 - 842 Seiten
...father, another pastor, had bestowed "a liberal and even learned education on his only daughter." " In her short visits to some relations at Lausanne,...Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of universal applause." She was "learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in manners."... | |
| Haussonville (comte d') - 1882 - 344 Seiten
...charms of Mademoiselle Susan Curchod were embellished l>y the virtues and talents of the mind. . . . And in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and the erudition of Mile. Curchod were the theme of universal applause. The report of such a prodigy awakened... | |
| Thomas Hitchcock - 1891 - 256 Seiten
...laborious duty in the obscure lot of minister of Crassy, in the mountains that separate the Pays de Vaud from the county of Burgundy. In the solitude...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relatives at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 540 Seiten
...laborious duty in the obscure lot of Minister of Crassy, in the mountains that separate the pays de Vaud from the County of Burgundy. In the solitude...short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit and beauty and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of universal applause. The report of... | |
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