Literary and Miscellaneous Memoirs: Travels in France

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Page 274 - A thousand horrid prodigies foretold it; A feeble government, eluded laws, • A factious populace, luxurious nobles, And all the maladies of sinking states...
Page 2 - But it must be remembered, that life consists not of a series of illustrious actions, or elegant enjoyments ; the greater part of our time passes in compliance with necessities, in the performance of daily duties...
Page 3 - ... the greater part of our time passes in compliance with necessities, in the performance of daily duties, in the removal of small...
Page 188 - It is commonly called the Judas tree: . . . there is a full account given of it in [your] . . . excellent history of America." Jolted by the sharpness of the reply, Pownall smiled painfully and said : "You are too hard upon me, for I never professed being much conversant with natural history; and as to the description of trees and shrubs that you have alluded to, I freely confess that it was furnished by a friend.
Page 125 - He also was somewhat of a poet and a translator. Sir John was born at Kelston, near Bath, in Somersetshire, in 1561, and had queen Elizabeth for his, godmother. He was instructed in classical learning at Eton-school, and from thence removed, to Cambridge, where he took the degree of MA...
Page 22 - The Hop and the Hopton, and all the bounds up and down, Under the earth to hell, above the earth to heaven. From me and mine to thee and thine, As good and as fair as ever they mine were. To witness that this is sooth, I bite the white wax with my tooth, Before Jugge,1 Maude, and Margery.
Page 17 - Boulevard was at the same time continued from the rue St. Martin to the rue St. Honore. The northern boulevards being finished in 1704, the king issued a decree for similar works to be executed on the south ; they, however, proceeded very slowly, and were not finished till 1761.
Page 228 - It is seldom that a poor old wretch is brought to trial upon that account, but there is at the heels of her a popular rage that does little less than demand her to be put to death ; and if a judge is so clear and open as to declare against that impious vulgar opinion that the devil himself has power to torment and kill innocent children, or that he is pleased to divert himself with the good people's cheese, butter, pigs and geese, and the like errors of the ignorant and foolish rabble...
Page 16 - When the demolition of the southern enclosure bad been carried into efTect, the king formed the resolution of opening a wide road round the capital, and planting it with trees. In 1670, the fortifications on the north were demolished, and the road, which took the name of Boulevard (bulwark), was planted from the rue St. Antoine to the rue St. Martin.

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