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"Que ma chère Mademoiselle Alide ne se fâche pas! Elle ne manquerait jamais d'admirateurs, dans un désert. Ah! si Mam'selle allait voir la patrie de ses ancêtres! "'Merci bien, mon cher; gardez les feuilles, fortement fermées. Il y a des papiers dedans."
"Pardon, monsieur, vos ancetres etaient Catholiques jusqu'au temps de Henri Huit." "Mais il y a trois cents ans depuis le temps de Henri Huit." "Eh bien; chacun a ses convictions; vous ne parlez pas contre la religion?" "Jamais, jamais, monsieur, j'ai un respect enorme pour l'eglise Catholique." "Monsieur, faites comme chez vous; allez ou vous voulez; vous trouverez toutes les portes ouvertes.
I should be glad to have a view of Italy, but with you; and if you should take a trip here for a few days, pray don't insist on my being at that time in contemplation of the mazures de nos ancetres. The last letter which you mention to have received from me was of the 15th of last month, and you did not receive it till the 3rd of this.
"You have the reason, milor," answered the Chevalier, "you have the right Qu'est ce que nous avons a faire avec le temps passe? the time passed did belong to our fathers our ancetres very well the time present is to us they have their pretty tombs with their memories and armorials, all in brass and marbre we have the petits plats exquis, and the soupe-a-Chevalier, which I will cause to mount up immediately."
When Fox and Romilly paid a visit to Talleyrand at Paris, they were informed by his secretary that: "In his opinion nothing could restore good morals and order in the country but 'la roue et la religion de nos ancêtres. He knew, he said, that the English did not think so, but we knew nothing of the people. Fox was deeply shocked at the idea of restoring the wheel as a punishment in France."
I have engaged myself to go with them to Mr. Ellis's, because it belonged to Mr. Pope. I said I must go home to finish mes depeches, but I expect them every minute. Je sers d'entreprete entre le M. de Choiseul et Me sa femme. My love to George. I hope that le Chateau de ses ancetres a pour lui des charmes. I read a great deal of the Howards in Pennant's book.
'Que les hommes privés, qui se plaignent de leurs petites infortunes, jettent les yeux sur ce prince et sur ses ancêtres. Siècle de Louis XV, ch. 25. 'I never heard him express any noble or benevolent sentiments, or discover any sorrow or compassion for the misfortunes of so many worthy men who had suffered in his cause.
'Que les hommes prives, says that brilliant writer, speaking of Prince Charles, 'qui se croyent malheureux, jettent les yeux sur ce prince et ses ancetres. In another place he thus sums up the sad story of the family in general: II n'y a aucun exemple dans l'histoire d'une maison si longtems infortunee.
The critical spectators thought that the dancing of the Majorcans was not any gayer than their singing, which was not gay at all, and that their boleros had "la gravite des ancetres, et point de ces graces profanes qu'on admire en Andalousie." Much of the music of these islanders was rather interesting than pleasing to their visitors.
When Fox and Romilly paid a visit to Talleyrand at Paris, they were informed by his secretary that: "In his opinion nothing could restore good morals and order in the country but 'la roue et la religion de nos ancêtres. He knew, he said, that the English did not think so, but we knew nothing of the people. Fox was deeply shocked at the idea of restoring the wheel as a punishment in France."
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