Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Volume 32Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1831 |
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Page 147 - Paris much longer, had not public attention been rivetted upon the doctrines of a German professor, named Mesmer, who, about this period, brought the newly-discovered science of magnetism with him into France. His lectures were attended by crowded audiences, and while some went away with the impression of his being something superior to this world who could unfold such wonders, many departed with the conviction, that if he were endowed with supernatural powers, he derived them from Lucifer himself....
Page 12 - Pout aux Dames in the middle of the night ; it was a miserable looking place, which took its date from the time of Saint Louis or Charlemagne for ought I know. What a contrast met my eyes between this ruinous old building, its bare walls, wooden seats, and gloomy casements, and the splendour of Versailles or Choisy ; all my firmness forsook me, I threw myself weeping into the arms of Genevie've. A courier had announced my intended arrival, and I found all the good sisters impatient to see me. What...
Page 241 - M'ayant fait voyager par eau. Vous devîntes une rivière, Et je vous fis porter bateau. Le froid prit, vous voilà de glace Pour tirer parti de ce tour, Sur deux semelles, je pris place, Et je patinai tout le jour. Pour dernière métamorphose, Devenu nectar le plus doux, J'étais dans un vase de rose, Iris, et je coulais pour vous.
Page 291 - ... that one evening, when M. de Cazotte was at a large party, of which she made one, he was requested to consult the planets, and make known what would be the destiny of the persons assembled there. This he evaded by every possible pretext, until, finding they would take...
Page 301 - My dear friend," returned the mare'chale, " what I tell you is the positive truth ; this very night witnesses their flight, nor will they go alone, for the comte d'Artois makes another in the party.
Page 24 - ... banishment and deprived of every post of honour. I sincerely sympathized with the duke, whose haughty spirit writhed beneath the severity of the blow. Exiled to his duchy in Guienne, he was proceeding thither by 'the way of Saint Vrain, where I received them with the warmest pleasure. The duchess had many claims upon my gratitude and esteem ; her many virtues, her constant kindness, and the heroic manner in which she flew to my succour upon the death of Louis XV., all deserved, and had my tenderest...