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Upon the last of these occasions he had reached the capital during the Easter festivals, but he determined to delay his purpose until after the coronation of the Queen. Péréfixe, vol. ii. pp. 496-498. Mézeray, vol. x. p. 395. Mercure Français, p. 424. L'Etoile, vol. iv. pp. 36-40. Mercure Français, pp. 424, 425. L'Etoile, vol. iv. pp. 40, 41. Daniel, vol. vii. p. 507. Mézeray, vol. x. p. 397.
"The very same, my lady," answered Sancho; "and I myself am that very squire of his, who is mentioned, or ought to be mentioned, in that history, unless they have changed me in the cradle." In Moliere's Amphitrion there is a dialogue between Mercure and Sosie, evidently taken from the Attic Lucian.
One day I took the Mercure de France, and as I walked and read, I came to the following question proposed by the academy of Dijon, for the premium of the ensuing year, 'Has the progress of sciences and arts contributed to corrupt or purify morals? The moment I had read this, I seemed to behold another world, and became a different man.
Such behavior gave plentiful material to M. de Provence, the king's brother, who remained at home and composed, for the Mercure de France, all sorts of stories, from so-called trustworthy information, on the king, on society, and especially on the doings of the queen.
Bassompierre, Mém. p. 72. Sully, Mém. vol. viii. p. 30. Bassompierre, Mém. p. 72. Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. pp. 57-59. Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. pp. 83, 84. L'Etoile, vol. iv. p. 155. Mercure Français, 1610, vol. i. p. 492. Matthieu, Hist. des Derniers Troubles, book iii. p. 454. Mém. de Henri, Duc de Rohan, edit. Petitot.
The most famous couriers probably were Louis Mitchel and the brothers Louis and Michel Mercure. The couriers were aware of the value of their services, and they demanded, and generally received, one hundred dollars for each trip from Fort Howe to Quebec. This was regarded as extravagant by Major Studholme and General Haldimand, but they could do no better.
«Guancavelica est une bourgade, ou un corps municipal, situé dans une de ces profondeurs, formées par différentes suites d'éminences. Le mercure du baromètre y descend, et s'arrête
He had lived a good deal in France among the men who made the Mercure de France the liveliest review of the day, and by the simple process of expressing in English their point of view he had acquired in England a reputation for originality. Philip had read some of his articles.
Thus in heart-burning and uncertainty closed the year which had commenced with the assassination of the King. An arrogant and unruly aristocracy, a divided and jealous ministry, and a harassed and discontented population were its bitter fruits. Mercure Français, 1610, p. 505. L'Etoile, vol. iv. pp. 191, 192. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 10, 11. D'Estrées, Mém. p. 379.
As Boswell transmitted his own name to posterity with his life of Johnson, so has David left his, with the magnificent paintings that are now suspended upon the walls of the palaces of the Louvre, the Tuileries, St. Cloud, Versailles, and even the little Elysee. After strolling from room to room, we found ourselves in the Salle du Sacre, Diane, Salon de Mars, de Mercure, and d'Apollon.
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