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Perhaps this is a vitiation due to that malady of mankind called civilization; but a woman in squalid poverty would exert no fascination over me, were she attractive as Homer's Galatea, the fair Helen. "Ah, vive l'amour! But let it be in silk and cashmere, surrounded with the luxury which so marvelously embellishes it; for is it not perhaps itself a luxury?
Court festivities Madame de Verneuil is lodged in the palace She gives birth to a daughter Royal quarrels Mademoiselle de Guise Italian actors Revolt at Metz Henry proceeds thither and suppresses the rebellion Discontent of the Duc d'Epernon The Duchesse de Bar and the Duc de Lorraine arrive in France Illness of Queen Elizabeth of England Her death Indisposition of the French King Sully at Fontainebleau Confidence of Henri IV in his wife His recovery Renewed passion of Henry for Madame de Verneuil Anger of the Queen Quarrel of the Comte de Soissons and the Duc de Sully The edict Treachery of Madame de Verneuil Insolence of the Comte de Soissons A royal rebuke Alarm of Madame de Verneuil Hopes of the Queen Jealousy of the Marquise The dinner at Rosny The King pacifies the province of Lower Normandy The Comte de Soissons prepares to leave the kingdom Is dissuaded by the King Official apology of Sully Reception of Alexandre-Monsieur into the Order of the Knights of Malta Death of the Duchesse de Bar Grief of the King The Papal Nuncio Treachery near the throne A revelation The Duc de Villeroy A stormy audience Escape of L'Hôte His pursuit His death Ignominious treatment of his body Madame de Verneuil asserts her claim to the hand of the King The Comte d'Auvergne retires from the Court Madame de Verneuil requests permission to quit France Reply of the King Indignation of Marie The King resolves to obtain the written promise of marriage Insolence of the favourite Weakness of Henry He asks the advice of Sully Parallel between a wife and a mistress A lame apology The two Henrys Reconciliation between the King and the favourite Remonstrances of Sully A delicate dilemma Extravagance of the Queen The "Pot de Vin" The royal letter Evil influences Henry endeavours to effect a reconciliation with the Queen Difficult diplomacy A temporary calm Renewed differences A minister at fault Mademoiselle de la Bourdaisière Mademoiselle de Beuil Jealousy of Madame de Verneuil Conspiracy of the Comte d'Auvergne Intemperance of the Queen Timely interference Confidence accorded by the Queen to Sully A dangerous suggestion Sully reconciles the royal couple Madame de Verneuil is exiled from the Court She joins the conspiracy of her brother The forged contract Apology of the Comte d'Entragues Promises of Philip of Spain to the conspirators Duplicity of the Comte d'Auvergne He is pardoned by the King His treachery suspected by M. de Loménie D'Auvergne escapes to his government: Is made prisoner and conveyed to the Bastille His self-confidence A devoted wife The requirements of a prisoner Hidden documents The treaty with Spain The Comtesse d'Entragues Haughty demeanour of Madame de Verneuil The mistress and the minister Mortification of Sully Marriage of Mademoiselle de Beuil Henry embellishes the city of Paris and undertakes other great national works.
Every one embellishes it to the utmost, and according to his own fancy; you had the honor last night, and you have it still to-day, of occupying the whole court, my dear Louise; and the number of tender and witty remarks which have been ascribed to you, would make Mademoiselle de Scudery and her brother burst from very spite, if they were faithfully reported."
People are all glad to shut their eyes; and it gives them a very simple pleasure when they can forget that our laws commit a million individual injustices, to be once roughly just in the general; that the bread that we eat, and the quiet of the family, and all that embellishes life and makes it worth having, have to be purchased by death by the deaths of animals, and the deaths of men wearied out with labour, and the deaths of those criminals called tyrants and revolutionaries, and the deaths of those revolutionaries called criminals.
Not the thing itself, but the idea of the thing evokes the idea. Schopenhauer was right; we do not want the thing, but the idea of the thing. The thing itself is worthless; and the moral writers who embellish it with pious ornamentation are just as reprehensible as Zola, who embellishes it with erotic arabesques. You want the idea drawn out of obscuring matter, this can best be done by the symbol.
A bright plate embellishes the door and bears the inscription, A Latin inscription in the wall of the house shows it to have been given to the Guild of Royal Archers by the Infanta Isabelle early in the seventeenth century. Long before that the garden had been the orchard and herbary of a convent and the Hospital for the Poor.
Smallweed, and bolts along the passage as if he had an acceptable commission to carry the old gentleman to the nearest volcano. His shorter trust, however, terminating at the cab, he deposits him there; and the fair Judy takes her place beside him, and the chair embellishes the roof, and Mr. George takes the vacant place upon the box. Mr.
It boasts not the luxuriant vegetation that adorns the banks of the river Guayaquil nor the wild majesty of the rocky coast of Rio de Janeiro; but the grace which in those climates embellishes the scenes of cultivated nature is at the Havannah mingled with the majesty of vegetable forms and the organic vigour that characterizes the torrid zone.
The last words they addressed to a beautiful and virtuous woman are still on their lips; they repeat them and burst into laughter. Shall I say it? Do they not raise, for some pieces of silver, the vesture of chastity, that robe so full of mystery, which respects the being it embellishes and engirds her without touching? What idea can they have of the world?
Your will must be awaited, because you cannot be made to come. Your cheerfulness embellishes you, and relaxes your nerves, which are too highly strung. You have your own opinion, and you leave others their own. You are extremely polite. You have divined le monde. In vain one would transplant you—you would take root anywhere. In short, you are not an ordinary person."
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