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Updated: June 16, 2025
Francois Bernier, the French physician who visited the Mogul court in 1658, and gives us a graphic description of the durbar and Emperor Aurangzeb, who reigned at that time, writes: "The king appeared upon his throne splendidly appareled. His vest was of white satin, flowered and raised with a very fine embroidery of gold and silk.
But I still heard her father, in the pavilion, trying to break down the door. "'With the concierge I hurried back to the pavilion. The door, in spite of the furious attempts of Monsieur Stangerson and Bernier to burst it open, was still holding firm; but at length, it gave way before our united efforts, and then what a sight met our eyes!
"To you, to Bonaparte, to the First Consul he deigns to ? Why, that's very kind of the Abbe Bernier? Have you accepted them?" "Yes, Roland; if the Vendee will give me peace, I will open her churches and give her back her priests." "And suppose they chant the Domine, salvum fac regem?" "That would be better than not singing at all. God is omnipotent, and he will decide.
He had good reason to congratulate himself at this epoch, the more so as he had been made to believe that the re-elected constitutional clergy had made a retraction, and received penitence and absolution. The author of this calumny was BERNIER, who had been charged by the Cardinal Legate with a step so worthy of his former military exploits. It was solemnly contradicted.
We must now speak of the amiable Bernier, the "pretty philosopher," as he was entitled in his polite circle, in which were found Ninon and La Fontaine, Madame de la Sablière, St.
But on approaching Bernier Island with their boat they scarcely knew it again, so vast a difference had the recent storms made in its outward appearance, so fearful were the pranks which the hurricane had played upon a land which was, in fact, nothing but loose sand, heaped upon a bed of limestone.
'Certainly, sir, said the boatman, scuttling down the ladder, 'you're just the gentleman I want. An hour later Hortense Bernier came out of the house, and began to walk slowly through the garden toward the terrace which overlooked the water.
Again her companion was silent. The pause was prolonged. Madame Bernier broke it by a question which showed that she had been following the same train of thought. 'What is sufficient ground in this country for killing a man? The boatman sent a loud laugh over the water. Hortense drew her cloak closer about her. 'I'm afraid there is none. 'Isn't there a right of self-defence?
Had not her enthusiasm been interrupted by the enthusiastic commentaries of her mother-in-law, I saw every mouth open ready to cry out, as soon as she had finished, "Amen! Amen! Amen!" Napoleon had placed himself between the old Cardinal de Bellois and the not young Cardinal Bernier, so as to prevent the approach of any profane sinner or unrepentant infidel.
Cloud repaired; and until these were ready, Cardinal Cambaceres and Bernier, by turns, said the Mass, in her private apartments; where none but selected favourites or favoured courtiers were admitted.
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