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The Works of Robert Burns, with a complete Life of the Poet and an Essay on his Genius and Character, by Professor WILSON, 2 vols. Blackie and Son, 1853.
After a hard struggle he was forced to give up his business at Nîmes and moved to Lyons . He was not successful here, and finally, in 1856, the family was broken up. The sons now had to shift for themselves. These first sixteen years of Alphonse Daudet's life were far from unhappy. He had found delight in exploring the abandoned factory at Nîmes.
Life of Burns, tom. Et quels flots de poésie, de gaieté, d'éloquence, d'humour, de fantaisie, répandus sur toute la dure besogne de cette dure vie; tout cela débordant, jaillissant, étincelant, intarissable, plein de bonds joyeux, de visions fantastiques, comme le ruisseau écossais qui saute autour d'un roc et frissonne aux rayons du soleil. Les oeuvres, chez lui, ne sont que des fragments, les premiers venus, de sa parole ordinaire. Tous ceux qui l'ont connu prétendent que sa conversation était égale, sinon supérieure
This union was an important event in the life of Mme. de La Fayette, for it marks the beginning of her residence at Paris, and of her friendship with Mme. de Sévigné, who was a kinswoman of the Chevalier.
Il avait rédigé les chartes de plusieurs cercles de la high life; il avait fait des fondations d'élégance dont une, Lady Guinea, existait encore
The Edinburgh Publishing Company, 1877. The Gaberlunzie's Wallet, by JAMES BALLANTINE. Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Publishing Company, n. d. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Historical, Traditionary and Imaginative, revised by ALEXANDER LEIGHTON. Edinburgh; William Nimmo and Co, n. d. Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life, by the authors of the Trials of Margaret Lyndsay.
Life of Sir Walter Scott, chap. Burns était parti en disant qu'il allait faire «un pélerinage au sol classique» de la poésie écossaise. Ces mots pouvaient faire croire qu'il allait pénétrer dans cette région, sinon préparé
The professor's chair, however, does not seem to have been congenial to his tastes, for in 1836 he removed to Paris, determined to devote himself exclusively to literature. He took up his abode in the fourth story of a house in a retired part of the city, and of his life there he gives us charming glimpses in his "Philosophe sous les Toits."
Glasguæ: in Ædibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, MDCCLV. Sermons, by WILLIAM LEECHMANN D. D. Late principal of the College of Glasgow, to which is prefixed some account of the Author's Life and of his Lectures, by James Wodrow. 2 vols. W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1816. Autobiography of the Rev.
[Note A: The history of the Life of M. Tullius Cicero, sect VI, vol. II, page 102. Le contraste a été frappant dans un cas récent vraiment singulier. Une personne est mise en prison
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