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Isis lilts the corner of her veil, and he who perceives the great mystery beneath is struck with giddiness. I can scarcely breathe. It seems to me that I am hanging by a thread above the fathomless abyss of destiny. Is this the Infinite face to face, an intuition of the last great death? "Creature d'un jour qui t'agites une heure, Ton ame est immortelle et tes pleurs vont finir." Finir?
Then hail, ye blossoms of the grave, That o'er the care-worn temples wave Sent to remind us of "that bourn, Whence traveller can ne'er return;" The harbingers of peace and rest, Where only mortals can be blest. Read Victor Hugo's Dernier Jour d'un Condamné!
He pleaded for the church as if it were about to be built. He clasped his hands, looked up to heaven, and tears were in his eyes. Some sought for the silver and gold in their purses; but no collection was made, as the church had already been built, and was free of debt. After an interval, he recited La Semaine d'un Fils; and he recited it very beautifully.
Elle fut absente sans que nous eussions de ses nouvelles pendant au-dela d'un mois quand un jour le facteur apporte une lettre a mon pere de la part d'un collegue inconnu d'un village de la Prusse, qui lui dit: "Une femme de respectable apparence, munie de certificats identifiant ses dires, est venue me prier de proceder a l'humation de son mari qu'elle a trouve mort dans un bois du village voisin.
These are the worst spectres, because they must be subdued: you touch them, they touch you, and, in order to drag you away to their tomb, they seize you with an arm of flesh which is no better than the marble hand of the Commendatore." EUGENE PELLETAN (ÉLISÉE, Voyage d'un homme
"In my explorations of that wonderland," continued the Frenchman, "a most fascinating Eastern girl. Ah! I cannot describe her; for when, at a time like this, I seek to conjure up her image, nom d'un nom! do you know, I can think of nothing but a serpent!" "A serpent!" "A serpent, exactly.
What he says about the Constitution refers solely to this upper class. The elaborate work of M. Yriarte, La Vie d'un Patricien de Venise an Seizième Siècle, Paris, 1874, contains a complete analysis of the Venetian state-machine. See in particular what he says about the helplessness of the Doges, ch. xiii.
She notes the singular fate of this piece to be reproduced in time of bombardment. A pastoral! The worst strain of suspense ended January 29, with the capitulation of Paris. Here the Journal d'un Voyageur breaks off. It would be sad indeed had her life, like that of more than one of her compeers, closed then over France in mourning.
Robert shook his head, smiling. A common friend of theirs and hers had once described this little lady to Elsmere by a French sentence which originally applied to the Duchesse de Choiseul. 'Une charmante petite fée sortie d'un uf enchanté! so it ran.
There are several other works of Bourrit on the Glaciers and Mountains of Savoy: the latest and most complete is the following: 364. Descriptions des Cols ou Passages des Alpes. Geneva, 1803. 2 vols. 8vo. Voyage dans les Alpes, précédé d'un Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Environs de Geneva. Par Saussure. Geneva, 1787 1796. 8 vols. 8vo.
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