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"My dear nephew," replied Fontenelle, calmly, "when I set fire to your house again, depend upon it I will act differently." Fontenelle, being praised for the clearness of his style on the deepest subjects, said, "If I have any merit, it is that I have always endeavoured to understand myself."
I afterwards met in Prague the living portrait of that eminent writer in Count Francois Hardig, now plenipotentiary of the emperor at the court of Saxony. The Abbe de Voisenon introduced me to Fontenelle, who was then ninety-three years of age.
Between 1690 and 1740 the conception of an indefinite progress of enlightenment had been making its way in French intellectual circles, and must often have been a topic of discussion in the salons, for instance, of Madame de Lambert, Madame de Tencin, and Madame Dupin, where Fontenelle was one of the most conspicuous guests.
White to the lips, the Marquis Fontenelle looked around. "Are there any MEN here?" he asked, eying the crowd about him with ineffable hauteur. A young fellow stepped forward. "At your command, Marquis! You served me once I shall be happy to serve you now!" Quickly Fontenelle shook hands with this timely friend.
And with these words he seized the unhappy Roman cab-driver by the collar of his coat, and flung him towards Fontenelle, who took not the slightest notice of him as he lay huddled up and wailing on the grass, but merely stood his ground, silently waiting. Mademoiselle Jeanne Richaud however was not so easily disposed of.
Diderot alone followed his bier. Fontenelle, nearly a hundred years old, was soon to follow him to the tomb. "Ascanius is a statuary, Hegio a metal-founder, AEschines a fuller, and Cydias a brilliant wit. That is his trade; he has a sign, a workshop, articles made to order, and apprentices who work under him. Prose, verse, what d'ye lack? He is equally successful in both.
With a jealous tightening at his heart, Fontenelle saw that Leigh held the soft plume of downy feathers which served Sylvie for a fan, and that he was lightly waving it to and fro as he talked to her in the musical, all-potent voice which had charmed thousands, and would surely not be without its fascination for the sensitive ears of a woman.
Magnificent scenery Wind River Mountains Treasury of waters A stray horse An Indian trail Trout streams The Great Green River Valley An alarm A band of trappers Fontenelle, his information Sufferings of thirst Encampment on the Seedskedee Strategy of rival traders Fortification of the camp The Blackfeet Banditti of the mountains Their character and habits
Un veritable drame!" said Miraudin, pausing, as he found himself face to face with the Marquis Fontenelle. Fontenelle stared haughtily. "Did you speak to me, Monsieur?" he enquired, glancing the actor up and down with an air of supreme disdain. Miraudin laughed carelessly.
He did not take into consideration, for instance, that climatic conditions may vary from age to age as well as from country to country. Having established the natural equality of the Ancients and Moderns, Fontenelle inferred that whatever differences exist are due to external conditions time; political institutions and the estate of affairs in general.
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