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It is told of her also that when one of her children asked for some water in summer, between meals, she replied: "Mon enfant, vous ne serez jamais qu'un etre manque, une pygmee, si vous prenez ces habitudes-la, pensez, mon petit coeur, au fiel de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ, et vous aurez le courage d'attendre le diner." She had learned for herself the strength of going without.
Really it was most absurd! and the little sermon of the enamoured clergyman to his pretty penitent was as unique as it was priggish. I'm sure you must have been vastly entertained! And the final allusion he made to his age THAT was a masterstroke of pathos! or bathos? Which? Du sublime au ridicule il n'y'a qu'un pas, Madame!" Her eyes were fixed unswervingly upon him. "So you listened!" she said.
Hence the impression of concavity; and this impression must remain, until the elevation shall bear so great a proportion to the extent of prospect, that the apparent parallelism of the base and hypothenuse disappears when the earth's real convexity must become apparent. Qui n'a plus qu'un moment a vivre N'a plus rien a dissimuler. Quinault Atys.
A French Lady who came with us from Liège had seen some and expressed her utter surprise, and as if she was speaking to one who doubted the fact, she repeated, "C'est vrai! actuellement rien qu'un petit Jupon mais comment!" and then she lifted her eyes and hands and reiterated, "petit jupon et comment," concluding, as if she almost doubted the evidence of her own senses, "Je les ai vus moi-même."
"You promise yourself a pleasant moment," said he, "in reading that letter; you will open it when alone n'est-ce pas? Ah! a smile answers. Well, well! one should not be too harsh; 'la jeunesse n'a qu'un temps." "Monsieur, Monsieur!" I cried, or rather whispered after him, as he turned to go, "do not leave me under a mistake. This is merely a friend's letter.
En France au contraire, ou il y a une Academie Francaise ... on doit trouver qu'un tel style est une tres-grande nouveaute et le succes qu'il a obtenu un evenement: il a fallu bien des circonstances pour y preparer." No doubt the preparatory circumstance in Amiel's case has been just that Germanization of the French mind on which M. Taine and M. Bourget dwell with so much emphasis.
Of course you know Napoleon's estimate of Mezzofante; he sent for the linguist from motives of curiosity, and after some discourse with him, told him that he might depart; then turning to some of his generals, he observed: 'Nous avons eu ici un exemple qu'un homme peut avoir beaucoup de paroles avec bien peu d'esprit'."
"As though you had not disgraced me enough, you've taken up with... oh, you shameless old reprobate!" "Chere..." His voice failed him and he could not articulate a syllable but simply gazed with eyes wide with horror. "Who is she?" "C'est un ange; c'etait plus qu'un ange pour moi. She's been all night... Oh, don't shout, don't frighten her, chere, chere..."
'Take your time, urged the General soothingly. 'This great plot, you say, which is to spread over all Spain 'Is for to-morrow night, my friend. 'Rien n'est plus courageux qu'un coeur patient, rien n'est plus sur de soi qu'un esprit doux. The General set down his glass, and a queer light came into his eyes, usually so smiling and pleasant. 'Ah! Then you are right, my friend.
Now, I tell you that with regard to the finny tribe, the more I charm them, the more enthusiastically they will flock to be caught. We shall have a miraculous draught in a few minutes, if you are but patient." And then he began again: "Mimi Pinson est une blonde, Une blonde que l'on connaît. Elle n'a qu'une robe au monde, Landerirette! Et qu'un bonnet."
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