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... marble columns , and balustrades , golden - haired dames , and richly attired knights , stand forth in all his works , forming a gorgeous combination and ensemble , that glads and satisfies the eye . He seemed to revel in luxurious ...
... marble columns , and balustrades , golden - haired dames , and richly attired knights , stand forth in all his works , forming a gorgeous combination and ensemble , that glads and satisfies the eye . He seemed to revel in luxurious ...
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... marble resists time , and triumphs over decay . 9th . - Lord dined with us . I wonder whether I shall ever arrive at the sang froid and nonchalance that distinguish him ! The nil admirari seems indeed to be his motto . world as most men ...
... marble resists time , and triumphs over decay . 9th . - Lord dined with us . I wonder whether I shall ever arrive at the sang froid and nonchalance that distinguish him ! The nil admirari seems indeed to be his motto . world as most men ...
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... marble vase , that formerly contained Voltaire's heart , and which bears the following inscription : - " Mon esprit est partout , et mon cœur est ici . " Over the vase is inscribed " Mes mânes sont consolés , puisque mon cœur est au ...
... marble vase , that formerly contained Voltaire's heart , and which bears the following inscription : - " Mon esprit est partout , et mon cœur est ici . " Over the vase is inscribed " Mes mânes sont consolés , puisque mon cœur est au ...
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... marble that it had overgrown , the most serious homily , or elo- quent discourse on death , could not have appealed so forcibly to my feelings . The tomb of a friend , at all times a melancholy contemplation , becomes still more so in a ...
... marble that it had overgrown , the most serious homily , or elo- quent discourse on death , could not have appealed so forcibly to my feelings . The tomb of a friend , at all times a melancholy contemplation , becomes still more so in a ...
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... marble , with well ex- ecuted bassi rilievi representing scriptural subjects . The principal entrance is ornamented with several statues , which give it a good effect . It is judicious to place churches in fine situations , for the mind ...
... marble , with well ex- ecuted bassi rilievi representing scriptural subjects . The principal entrance is ornamented with several statues , which give it a good effect . It is judicious to place churches in fine situations , for the mind ...
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Page 37 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 66 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 396 - Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.
Page 65 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of 11 and 12, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 66 - The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must...
Page 41 - The learned SMELFUNGUS travelled from Boulogne to Paris from Paris to Rome and so on but he set out with the spleen and jaundice, and every object he pass'd by was discoloured or distorted He wrote an account of them, but 'twas nothing but the account of his miserable feelings.
Page 196 - La vita fugge e non s' arresta un' ora; E la morte vien dietro a gran giornate; E le cose presenti e le passate Mi danno guerra, e le future ancora; E '1 rimembrar e 1' aspettar m' accora Or quinci or quindi sì, che 'n veritate, Se non eh' i' ho di me stesso pietate, I' sarei già di questi pensier fora.
Page 57 - D'un traité de philosophie Et d'un malheureux enfant. On ne sait précisément Lequel des deux nous l'a ravie. Sur ce funeste événement, Quelle opinion doit-on suivre? Saint-Lambert s'en prend au livre, Voltaire dit que c'est l'enfant.
Page 57 - This ring had been constantly worn, and Voltaire, on the death of the Marquise, claimed it, stating that it contained his portrait. What must have been his surprise, on touching the spring, to discover that of his rival ! yet it prevented him not from honoring her memory by the following pompous epitaph : — " L'univers a perdu la sublime Emilie ; Elle aimait les plaisirs, les arts, la vérité ; Les dieux en lui donnant leur âme et leur génie, Ne se sont reservés que l'immortalité.
Page 42 - One would suppose, that instead of a single family, a regiment at least, were about to move...