excited

Mis à jour: 7 juillet 2025

With regard to what I said at Tiverton about the proceedings of the French troops in Africa, I may have judged wrong; but I chose that opportunity on purpose, thinking that it was the least objectionable way of endeavouring to promote the interests of humanity and, if possible, to put a check to proceedings which have long excited the regret of all those who attended to them; and it certainly did not occur to me to consider whether what I said might or might not be agreeable.

M. (François) Guizot - Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de mon temps (Tome 6)

Voici donc comment s'exprime M. Cobden: «Let me thank you for introducing to us Mr. Fonteyraud, who excited our admiration not only by his superior talents, but by the warmth of his zeal in the cause of free-trade. I have rarely met with a young man of his age possessing so much knowledge and so mature a judgement both as respects men and things.

Frédéric Bastiat - Oeuvres Complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, tome 1: mises en ordre, revues et annotées d'après les manuscrits de l'auteur