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...es biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; Josephine; Elizabeth of England; Mary of Scotland; Catherine of Russia; Marie Antoinette; and Madame Roland. Mr. Jenkins, whose name remains on the title-page of this volume, was prevented from finishing the work for a long time by sickness, and finally by death. The first chapter is from his pen...

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...nd dark hair caught the attention of the landholder’s daughter. My mother, Marie-Louise Lunel, possessed an independent streak. The blonde beauty s... ...w that I still lived, sending missives only to Claire and my friends Madame Antoinette Giry and the daroga Zareh, a friend from my days in Persia. ... ...y friend, I think you will be surprised that she is hidden in plain sight. Antoinette found her a townhouse in the Place des Vosges, where Sorelli, ... ...des Vosges, where Sorelli, Lisette and Jammes are kept by their paramours. Antoinette is there now, helping her unpack her things and keeping her c... ... on my mantelpiece by having Zareh send for one from Persia. Madame Giry ... Antoinette, I must remember, for she had insisted that we would be friend... ...d many times. “You care for him very much, don’t you?” she asked quietly. “Antoinette, Erik is very dear to me. He seemed so happy today. He even ...

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...ue happiness becomes poisoned and corrupted into luck… into privilege. Into Marie Antoinette whining pettishly about the ungrateful starving peasan... ...piness becomes poisoned and corrupted into luck… into privilege. Into Marie Antoinette whining pettishly about the ungrateful starving peasants who... ... undetectable to your own senses; as unseen as x-rays X-rays can kill you. Marie curie died from them. Just by slow, steady, systematic exposure…...

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..., Duchesse d’, parts from her father. ANGREMONT, Collenot d’, guillotined. ANTOINETTE, Marie, splendour of, applauded, compromised by Diamond Necklace... ...’, parts from her father. ANGREMONT, Collenot d’, guillotined. ANTOINETTE, Marie, splendour of, applauded, compromised by Diamond Necklace, griefs of,... ...ouille at, troops mutinous at. 20 Index MEUDON tannery. MIOMANDRE de Ste. Marie, Bodyguard, October Fifth, left for dead, revives, rewarded. MIRABEAU... ...cred. SUSPECT, Law of the, Chaumette jeered on. SWEDEN, King of, to assist Marie Antoinette, shot by Ankarstrom. SWISS Guards at Brest, prisoners at L... ...SUSPECT, Law of the, Chaumette jeered on. SWEDEN, King of, to assist Marie Antoinette, shot by Ankarstrom. SWISS Guards at Brest, prisoners at La Forc...

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...her only speaks Latin and Spanish,” she added. “I understand neither. Dear Antoinette, make my excuses to her.” The light fell full upon the nun’s fig... ...and remain calm—” 18 The Duchesse de Langeais The General broke in, “But, Antoinette, let me see you, you whom I love passionately, desperately, as y... ...ly, desperately, as you could have wished me to love you.” “Do not call me Antoinette, I implore you. Memories of the past hurt me. Y ou must see no o... ...g weighed heavier with your heart than love. But do not think twice of it, Antoinette; the Holy Father himself shall absolve you of your oath. I will ... ... ought to have given a heart less sorrowful to God.” “What can I say? Dear Antoinette, I will say this, that I love you; that affection, love, a great... ...the royal house of Scotland, should have his hotel at the angle of the Rue Marie Stuart and the Rue Montorgueil. Sint ut sunt, aut non sint, the grand...

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...ption; but there had been a pause at night, and at two o’clock, poor Queen Marie Antoinette, spent with horror and fatigue, at last went to bed, advis... ... but there had been a pause at night, and at two o’clock, poor Queen Marie Antoinette, spent with horror and fatigue, at last went to bed, advising he... ...olute man, as noted for his piety and tenderness to the sick in the infir- maries as for his unflinching courage. When he learnt the intentions of the... ...to own the true blessings of suffering. Here Elizabeth met the like-minded Marie de Sombreuil, who had clung to her father, Charles Viscount de Sombre... ...ers, ‘It is a snare, go back, do not show yourselves.’ They retreated; but Marie de Sombreuil had made her way to her father, and when he was called d... ...ng with blood, and the glass he held out to her was full of something red. Marie would not shudder. She drank, and with the applause of the assassins ... ...borne past her friend’s prison window. Little matters it now even to Marie Antoinette. The worst that the murderers could do for such as these, could ... ..., a person came to the door and read the details of the execution of Marie Antoinette which Madame de Lescure had kept from his knowledge. It was a gr...

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...e, has suffered from popular error so much as Catherine dé Medici; whereas Marie dé Medici, all of whose actions were prejudicial to France, has escap... ...rejudicial to France, has escaped the shame which ought to cover her name. Marie dé Medici wasted the wealth amassed by Henri IV .; she never purged h... ... and who was proved to have known the murderer personally for a long time. Marie’s conduct was such that she forced her son to banish her from France,... ...turesque history of France. Three women—Isabella of Bavaria, Catharine and Marie dé Medici—hold an enormous 14 Catherine dé Medici place in it, their... ...amours of Isabella nor by those, even more terrible, though less known, of Marie dé Medici. Isabella summoned the English into France against her son,... ...were the pamphlets published against Madame de Pompadour and against Marie-Antoinette compared to these verses, which might have been written by Marti... ...in the first instance, whence his fortunes took their rise. His mother was Antoinette de Bourbon, great-aunt of Henri IV. Of what avail is consanguini...

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........................................................ 169 Chapter 3.4.VII. Marie-Antoinette. ............................................................ .................................................. 169 Chapter 3.4.VII. Marie-Antoinette. .................................................................. ... pike; paraded under the windows of the Temple; that a still more hated, a Marie-Antoinette, may see. One Municipal, in the Temple with the Royal Pris... ... paraded under the windows of the Temple; that a still more hated, a Marie-Antoinette, may see. One Municipal, in the Temple with the Royal Prisoners ... ...idest come in collision, and extinguished one another. Jean-Paul Marat and Marie-Anne Charlotte Corday both, suddenly, are no more. ‘Day of the Prepar... ...s, from the Temple to the Conciergerie. Within it were two Municipals; and Marie- Antoinette, once Queen of France! There in that Conciergerie, in ign... ... the Temple to the Conciergerie. Within it were two Municipals; and Marie- Antoinette, once Queen of France! There in that Conciergerie, in ignominiou... ... two walls, in the house of a friend. 173 Thomas Carlyle Chapter 3.4.VII. Marie-Antoinette. On Monday the Fourteenth of October, 1793, a Cause is pen... ...alls, in the house of a friend. 173 Thomas Carlyle Chapter 3.4.VII. Marie-Antoinette. On Monday the Fourteenth of October, 1793, a Cause is pending i...

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...ent colors to know them apart. The first comer, the eldest, was named Paul-Marie, the other Marie-Paul. Laurence de Cinq-Cygne, to whom their danger w... ...n of a mason employed by the Grand Marquis to build his castle!” exclaimed Marie-Paul, “you have let them drag our father to prison—you have believed ... ...lutch his weapon con- vulsively. “You owe your life to that promise,” said Marie-Paul, sol- emnly. “If it is not fulfilled to-night we shall find you ... ...e-colored silk with tight sleeves and full skirt, the sad last garments of Marie-Antoinette. Her nose was pinched, her chin sharp, the whole face near... ...red silk with tight sleeves and full skirt, the sad last garments of Marie-Antoinette. Her nose was pinched, her chin sharp, the whole face nearly tri... ...his 54 An Historical Mystery eyes not seeing the portraits of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and the royal children, and those of Monsieur, the Comte ... ...4 An Historical Mystery eyes not seeing the portraits of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and the royal children, and those of Monsieur, the Comte d’Arto...

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...d of our history. Monsieur Ragon, formerly perfumer to her maj- esty Queen Marie-Antoinette, confided to Cesar Birotteau, during this critical period,... ...ur history. Monsieur Ragon, formerly perfumer to her maj- esty Queen Marie-Antoinette, confided to Cesar Birotteau, during this critical period, his a... ...on Cesar an overpowering effect. On a fine June day, crossing by the Pont- Marie to the Ile Saint-Louis, he saw a young girl standing at the door of a... ...nsieur Cesar Birotteau, succes- sor to Ragon, former perfumer to the Queen Marie 32 Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau Antoinette, at The Queen of Rose... ...n, former perfumer to the Queen Marie 32 Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau Antoinette, at The Queen of Roses, Rue Saint-Honore, Paris, near the Place ... ...tens, and carried in all weathers a cane sunshade, like that used by Queen Marie-Antoinette at Trianon; her gown (the favorite color was pale-brown, t... ...and carried in all weathers a cane sunshade, like that used by Queen Marie-Antoinette at Trianon; her gown (the favorite color was pale-brown, the sha... ...their in- born power; their heads were full of actresses,—Florine, Tullia, Mariette, etc. They laid down the law to everybody, but they picked up noth...

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...had witnessed the conversion of La Harpe; he had buried Lebrun-Pindare and Marie-Joseph de Chenier, and Morellet, and Madame Helvetius. He assisted at... ...er to be a good and honest creature, en- gaged her as wetnurse for Ursula. Antoinette Patris (her maiden name), widow of Pierre, called Le Bougival, a... ...sibility of applying to her person the name that actually belonged to her, Antoinette—for names and forms do obey the laws of harmony. The doctor’s mi... ...ace in the eighteenth century.” “Pooh!” said the doctor. “Yes, the blessed Marie-Alphonse of Ligouri, being very far from Rome, knew of the death of t... ...d, seeing that the abbe meant to drink it, “I’ll just put it into the bain-marie, it won’t spoil it.” “Well,” said the abbe to Madame de Portenduere i... ...eature once called Goupil has nothing in common with Maitre Jean-Sebastien-Marie Goupil, no- tary of Nemours and husband of Mademoiselle Massin. The t...

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...n the eyes of many, the garlands of martyr- dom? How, if it should be some Marie Antoinette, the wid- owed queen, coming forward on the scaffold, and ... ...eyes of many, the garlands of martyr- dom? How, if it should be some Marie Antoinette, the wid- owed queen, coming forward on the scaffold, and presen... ...tend the king’s dressing. And, as to the queen, even up to the revolution, Marie Antoinette almost from necessity gave audience at her toilette. 142 ... ...he king’s dressing. And, as to the queen, even up to the revolution, Marie Antoinette almost from necessity gave audience at her toilette. 142 boast ...

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...sin.” “To what happy inspiration do I owe this piece of good fortune, dear Antoinette?” asked Mme. de Beauseant. “Well, I saw M. d’Ajuda-Pinto at M. d... ... monsieur?” she asked. “The poor boy is only just launched into the world, Antoinette, so that he understands nothing of all this that we are speaking... ...er cup belong- ing to Vautrin—it was standing with the others in the bain- marie that kept the cream hot for the morning coffee. The spinster had reck... ...was waiting there. The student knelt to kiss his cousin’s hand. “Good-bye, Antoinette!” said Mme. de Beauseant. “May you be happy.”—She turned to the ... ...Jacques (M. de Beauseant’s butler) The Deserted Woman Langeais, Duchesse Antoinette de The Thirteen 252 Father Goriot Marsay, Henri de The Thir...

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...cey the eyes of many, the garlands of martyrdom? How, if it should be some Marie Antoinette, the widowed queen, com- ing forward on the scaffold, and ... ...e eyes of many, the garlands of martyrdom? How, if it should be some Marie Antoinette, the widowed queen, com- ing forward on the scaffold, and presen... ... fines of the “Happy Other-world” itself. Sometimes, as in the Guigemar of Marie de France, the knight passes on to a series of adventures in conseque...

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... marriage was considered likely between the young Vicomte de Grandlieu and Marie-Athenais, the Duke’s youngest daughter, now nine years old. Sabine, t... ...razier of charcoal; I had enough of that once; twice raises your gorge, as Mariette says. No, I will go a long way off, out of France. Asie knows the ... ...er, the son of a lawyer’s clerk of Boulogne, near Paris, was named Georges Marie Destourny. His father, obliged by adverse circum- stances to sell his... ...ve a happy lot. You may be what T ullia is, what your old friends Florine, Mariette, and la Val-Noble are—the mistress of a rich man whom you need not... ... a coincidence so probable that it can scarcely be called chance, T ullia, Mariette, and Madame du Val-Noble were at the play that evening. Richard Da... ...uis XVIII. him- self composed the inscription that is to be seen in Marie- Antoinette’s cell.” “Yes, Madame la Baronne.” “How much I should like to kn... ...lls and the private rooms are under the Galerie Marchande. And Queen Marie Antoinette, whose dungeon was under the present cells, was conducted to the... ... back way. It was up a side staircase from this, now walled up, that Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France, was led before the Revolutionary tribunal ...

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... saint of Mary Queen of Scots three hun- dred years ago, and she has hardly lost all of her saintship yet. Martyrdom made a saint of the trivial and f... ... of Mary Queen of Scots three hun- dred years ago, and she has hardly lost all of her saintship yet. Martyrdom made a saint of the trivial and foolish... ... hideous but benefi- cent French Revolution would have been deferred, or would have fallen short of completeness, or even might not have happened at a... ...us but benefi- cent French Revolution would have been deferred, or would have fallen short of completeness, or even might not have happened at all, if... ...these poor pathetic relics, and a touching scene ensured. Two men were still liv- ing who had witnessed the grim catastrophe of nearly half a century ... ...m in mind always as he saw him last, and is somehow sur- prised, and is also shocked, to see the aging change the years have wrought when he sees him ... ...ion of sixty-eight guides. Her successor visited Chamonix later, but in far different style. It was seven weeks after the first fall of the Empire, an...

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... to rest itself in M. Sausse’s till the dawn strike up! O Louis; O hapless Marie-Antoinette, fated to pass thy life with such men! Phlegmatic Louis, a... ...st itself in M. Sausse’s till the dawn strike up! O Louis; O hapless Marie-Antoinette, fated to pass thy life with such men! Phlegmatic Louis, art tho... ...eling to Heaven, with tears and an audible prayer, to bless them; imperial Marie- Antoinette near kneeling to Son Sausse and Wife Sausse, amid candle-... ...o Heaven, with tears and an audible prayer, to bless them; imperial Marie- Antoinette near kneeling to Son Sausse and Wife Sausse, amid candle-boxes a...

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...n. Lady Mary Caerlyon was brought up at a Parisian convent; the Dauphiness Marie Antoinette was her godmother. In the pride of her beauty she had been... ...y Mary Caerlyon was brought up at a Parisian convent; the Dauphiness Marie Antoinette was her godmother. In the pride of her beauty she had been marri... ... Some few still exist who have beheld Frederick the Great, Doctor Johnson, Marie Antoinette, &c.—be it our reasonable boast to our children, that we s... ...few still exist who have beheld Frederick the Great, Doctor Johnson, Marie Antoinette, &c.—be it our reasonable boast to our children, that we saw Geo...

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...my voice, he consults me in everything.’ The Abbe de Vermont felt thus for Marie-Antoinette.” “He led her to the scaffold.” “He did not love the Queen... ...ce, he consults me in everything.’ The Abbe de Vermont felt thus for Marie-Antoinette.” “He led her to the scaffold.” “He did not love the Queen,” sai... ...vincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Thirteen Chatelet, Marie-Louise-Anais de Negrepelisse, Baronne du T wo Poets A Distinguish...

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...eniac, well- known for his participation in the expedition to Quiberon. 6. Marie-Anne Cabot, called Lajeunesse, former hunts- man to the Sieur Carol o... ...t the frame of which she supported herself. “In the name of Louis XVI. and Marie-Antoinette whom I see on their scaffold, in the name of Madame Elisab... ...frame of which she supported herself. “In the name of Louis XVI. and Marie-Antoinette whom I see on their scaffold, in the name of Madame Elisabeth, i...

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...y much too near the sides of vessels that were faint with oranges, to the Marie Antoinette , a handsome steamer bound for Genoa, lying near the mouth... ... too near the sides of vessels that were faint with oranges, to the Marie Antoinette , a handsome steamer bound for Genoa, lying near the mouth of th...

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...when all devoted royalists were endeavoring to bring about the es- cape of Marie Antoinette from the Temple. They had lately renewed acquaintance; and... ...ll devoted royalists were endeavoring to bring about the es- cape of Marie Antoinette from the Temple. They had lately renewed acquaintance; and Monsi... ...amont-Chauvry, Princesse de The Thirteen Madame Firmiani Brandon, Lady Marie Augusta The Member for Arcis La Grenadiere Chessel, Madame de T...

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...e first six months which fol- lowed the revolution of July by Mademoiselle Marie-Jeanne- Brigitte Thuillier, a spinster of full age, stands about the ... ...en only the life (and we may call it the public life) of Jerome Thuillier. Marie-Jeanne-Brigitte Thuillier, four years older than her brother, had bee... ...ng Mademoiselle Thuillier that Celeste’s sister-in-law would be the famous Mariette of the Opera. “She came from the stage,” said Colleville, alluding... ...er.” “I have made his anagram,” replied Colleville, “and his name, Charles-Marie-Theodose de la Peyrade, prophecies: ‘Eh! monsieur payera, de la dot, ... ...green or blue, are the worst species of humanity in Provence; and Charles- Marie-Theodose de la Peyrade presents a fine type of that race, the constit... ...sieur, no! that passes imagination. Questioned on this subject, like Marie Antoinette, by a hu- man tribunal, Madame Colleville would answer with the ...

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...oks which she had taken to the top of the wall. Miss Nugent picked it up, ‘Marie Stuart! Is this your way of studying her?’ ‘Now, you know ’tis holida... ...s cruel to take him, poor man!’ ‘Meantime, Nuttie, do you like an hour of “Marie Stuart?”’ ‘Oh, thank you!’ But she whispered, ‘Aunt Ursel, may I tell... ...ime comes. It would be much better to “do the nexte thinge,” and read our “Marie Stuart.”’ Nuttie pouted a little, but submitted, though she now and t... ...e Louvre, of the Sainte Chapelle, of the vistas in Notre Dame, and of poor Marie Antoinette’s cell,—all that they had longed to see together. She had ... ...re, of the Sainte Chapelle, of the vistas in Notre Dame, and of poor Marie Antoinette’s cell,—all that they had longed to see together. She had meant ...

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...ped his team; the women rose in con- fusion from the back of the carriage, and the second lady made a slight curtsey, terminated by the most ironical ... ...d between the two horses he led; he did not lose a single word or gesture of the lovers. It was Mademoiselle de Mancini who at length began. “Ah, my d... ... said she, “you do not abandon me, then?” “No, Marie,” replied the king; “you see I do not.” “I had so often been told, though, that as soon as we sho... ...ded by people interested in deceiving us?” “But, then, sire, this journey, this alliance with Spain? They are going to marry you off!” Louis hung his ... ...ademoiselle, how could you believe that? I threw myself at the feet of my mother; I begged her, I implored 95 Dumas her; I told her all my hopes of h... ...eive presents from their subjects.” The king remained silent between these two contrary opinions. “But forty millions!” said Anne of Austria, in the s...

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...ch impatience, dear M. d’Avrigny. But, first of all, how are Madeleine and Antoinette?” Madeleine was the daughter of M. d’Avrigny, and Antoinette his... ...ter of M. d’Avrigny, and Antoinette his niece. M. d’Avrigny smiled sadly. “Antoinette is very well,” he said, “and Madeleine tolerably so. But you sen... ...ly think, then, if Made- moiselle Danglars, instead of being called Claire-Marie-Eugenie, had been named Mademoiselle Chastity-Modesty-Innocence Dangl...

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...ade her feel that the sweeping courtesy had come straight from the days of Marie Antoinette, and that it was an honour and distinction conferred by a ... ...r feel that the sweeping courtesy had come straight from the days of Marie Antoinette, and that it was an honour and distinction conferred by a superi... ...become a woman at once, if not, I’m afraid it will be the prediction about Marie Antoinette over again—very gay, and coming right through trial.’ They... ... a woman at once, if not, I’m afraid it will be the prediction about Marie Antoinette over again—very gay, and coming right through trial.’ They were ...

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...oes, have been the Aaron woe that swallowed up all the rest to the unhappy Marie Antoinette. This must have been the sting of death to her maternal he... ...ave been the Aaron woe that swallowed up all the rest to the unhappy Marie Antoinette. This must have been the sting of death to her maternal heart, t...

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...d the cane with the short hook that all women carried in the early days of Marie- Antoinette. She belonged to the very highest nobility of Brit- tany.... ...ane with the short hook that all women carried in the early days of Marie- Antoinette. She belonged to the very highest nobility of Brit- tany. Her ar... ... celebrated in the world of Fanny Beaupre, Susanne du V al-Noble, Florine, Mariette, Jenny Cadine, etc. This world,—of which one of our artists wittil... ...over her of becoming a wife married in legitimate marriage, Fanny Beaupre, Mariette, Antonia —spread calumnies that were more than droll about the bea...

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...n. Lady Mary Caerlyon was brought up at a Parisian convent; the Dauphiness Marie Antoinette was her godmother. In the pride of her beauty she had been... ...y Mary Caerlyon was brought up at a Parisian convent; the Dauphiness Marie Antoinette was her godmother. In the pride of her beauty she had been marri... ... Some few still exist who have beheld Frederick the Great, Doctor Johnson, Marie Antoinette, &c.—be it our reasonable boast to our children, that we s... ...few still exist who have beheld Frederick the Great, Doctor Johnson, Marie Antoinette, &c.—be it our reasonable boast to our children, that we saw Geo...

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...n from Nantes … Bill Rees an’ me … . They called us the shock troops.— Hy! Marie! Ancore champagne, beaucoup.—I was in the Am- bulance service then. G... ...d everyone. “Ban swar, ma cherie, Comment allez vous?” “Encore champagne, Marie, gentille!” “Well,” he went on, “we went like a bat out of hell along... ...ng the cafe quiet. Many men had left. Madame had taken up her knitting and Marie of the plump white arms sat beside her, leaning her head back among t... ...ent!” “Me neither … . Come on in anyway,” said Cohan. “I’ll fix it up with Marie.” Fuselli followed doubtfully. He was a little afraid of Dan Cohan; h... ...ose were straight or snub. He looked up, clicking the watch in his pocket. Marie of the white arms was coming laughing out of the inner room. Her larg... ...ine.” “Now yo’re talkin’. Ah wonder if that girl’s down there to- night.” “Antoinette?” “Um-hum … . Boy, Ah’d lahk to have her all by ma-self some nig... ...diers, drawing her thin lips away from her ugly yellow teeth. “Ca va bien, Antoinette?” asked Andrews. “Oui,” she said, looking beyond their heads at ... ... “Oh, boy ,” said Chrisfield. “That ole wine sure do go down fast … . Say, Antoinette, got any cognac?” 111 John Dos Passos “I’m going to have some m... ...s. “Go ahead, Andy; have all ye want. Ah want some-thin’ to warm ma guts.” Antoinette brought a bottle of cognac and two small glasses and sat down in...

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........................................................ 471 Chapter 3.4.VII. Marie-Antoinette. ............................................................ .................................................. 471 Chapter 3.4.VII. Marie-Antoinette. .................................................................. ... rien (To-day his Majesty will do nothing). (Memoires sur la Vie privee de Marie Antoinette, par Madame Campan (Paris, 1826), i. 12). He lives and lin... ...(To-day his Majesty will do nothing). (Memoires sur la Vie privee de Marie Antoinette, par Madame Campan (Paris, 1826), i. 12). He lives and lingers t... ...scend once, in black domino, like a black night-bird, and disturb the fair Antoinette’s music-party in the Park: all Birds of Paradise flying from the... ...(recueillement),’ and said little or nothing. (Weber, Memoires concernant Marie- Antoinette (London, 1809), i. 22.) So it has lasted for the better h... ...llement),’ and said little or nothing. (Weber, Memoires concernant Marie- Antoinette (London, 1809), i. 22.) So it has lasted for the better half of ... ...s no part, she resigns herself to a day she hoped never to have seen. Poor Marie Antoinette; with thy quick noble instincts; vehement glancings, visio... ...rong wind smote the four corners of their banquet-house! Poor ill- advised Marie-Antoinette; with a woman’s vehemence, not with a sovereign’s foresigh...

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... rien (To-day his Majesty will do nothing). (Memoires sur la Vie privee de Marie Antoinette, par Madame Campan (Paris, 1826), i. 12). He lives and lin... ...(To-day his Majesty will do nothing). (Memoires sur la Vie privee de Marie Antoinette, par Madame Campan (Paris, 1826), i. 12). He lives and lin- gers... ...scend once, in black domino, like a black night-bird, and disturb the fair Antoinette’s music-party in the Park: all Birds of Paradise flying from the... ...(recueillement),’ and said little or nothing. (Weber, Memoires concernant Marie- Antoinette (London, 1809), i. 22.) So it has lasted for the better h... ...llement),’ and said little or nothing. (Weber, Memoires concernant Marie- Antoinette (London, 1809), i. 22.) So it has lasted for the better half of ... ...s no part, she resigns herself to a day she hoped never to have seen. Poor Marie Antoinette; with thy quick noble instincts; vehement glancings, visio... ...art, she resigns herself to a day she hoped never to have seen. Poor Marie Antoinette; with thy quick noble instincts; vehement glancings, vision all-... ...trong wind smote the four corners of their banquet-house! Poor ill-advised Marie-Antoinette; with a woman’s vehe- mence, not with a sovereign’s foresi... ...he King’s Aunts, ancient Graille and Sisterhood, known to us of old. Queen Marie-Antoinette has been heard often say the like. She alone, among all wo...

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...r from my cousin, Marshal Manasseh: that Murillo was pawned to my uncle by Marie Antoinette before the flight to V arennes—the poor lady could not red... ... my cousin, Marshal Manasseh: that Murillo was pawned to my uncle by Marie Antoinette before the flight to V arennes—the poor lady could not redeem th... ... the groves, and murmured frivolous talk in the ears of high-bred beauty. “Marie, my beloved,” said the ruler of France, taking out his watch, “’tis t... ...r of America should be here.” “Your Majesty should know the time,” replied Marie Antoinette, archly, and in an Austrian accent; “is not my Royal Louis... ...merica should be here.” “Your Majesty should know the time,” replied Marie Antoinette, archly, and in an Austrian accent; “is not my Royal Louis the f... ...ous look, “are but rude courtiers, methinks.” “Nay,” interposed the lovely Antoinette, “rude courtiers, Sire, they may be; but the world boasts not of... ...ectful; and brave, but not in the least boastful.” “What! savages and all, Marie?” exclaimed Louis, laughing, and chucking the lovely Queen playfully ... ..., which made the timid monarch start; the eyes of the 70 Thackeray lovely Antoinette flashed fire, but it played round the head of the dauntless Amer...

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...es and longitudes, Monsieur de Chateaubriand has erected the 112 Ferragus Marie-Therese Infirmary, and the Carmelites have founded a convent. The gre... ...Establishment The Seamy Side of History Cousin Pons Langeais, Duchesse Antoinette de Father Goriot 115 Balzac The Duchesse of Langeais Marsay...

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..., and Sevres by the two crossed L’s. The queen’s porcelain is marked A for Antoinette, with a royal crown above it. In the eighteenth century, all the... ...r the dear Presidente, and thought of giving her one that once belonged to Marie Antoinette, the most beautiful of all celebrated fans. But yesterday ... ...dear Presidente, and thought of giving her one that once belonged to Marie Antoinette, the most beautiful of all celebrated fans. But yesterday I was ... ...r lover, had brought her in his carriage on the way to an evening party at Mariette’s. It so fell out that the first-floor lodger, M. Chapoulot, a ret... ...sar Birotteau Honorine Gaudissart the Great Godeschal, Francois-Claude-Marie Colonel Chabert A Bachelor’s Establishment A Start in Life Th... ...A Start in Life The Commission in Lunacy The Middle Classes Godeschal, Marie A Bachelor’s Establishment A Start in Life Scenes from a Courte...

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... of a luxury in woe is very common dur- ing adolescence. The truth-telling Marie Bashkirtseff expresses it well:— “In his depression and dreadful unin... ...de la Solitude—each of them more optimistic than the last. [37] Journal de Marie Bashkirtseff, i. 67. 87 William James the sky, and listening to the ... ... affection, and all ex- [161] Bougaud: Hist. de la Bienheureuse Marguerite Marie, 1894, p. 125. 274 The V arieties of Religious Experience pansive af... ...rked by altruistic im- pulses. No human being so stingy and useless as was Marie in her melancholy period! But the moment the happy period begins, “sy... ...5, pp. 56- 80, abridged. [185] Bougaud: Hist de la bienheureuse Marguerite Marie, Paris, 1894, pp. 265, 171. Compare, also, pp. 386, 387. 304 The V a... ...lly arrive. As a concrete example let me read a page from the biography of Antoinette Bourignon, a good woman, much persecuted in her day by both Prot...

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...or kneel—that’s right. Those that can only sit must hide behind, like poor Marie Antoinette’s ladies on the giggling occasion.” So she went on, full o... ...el—that’s right. Those that can only sit must hide behind, like poor Marie Antoinette’s ladies on the giggling occasion.” So she went on, full of fun,...

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...rybody knows the fatal pollution of the marriage pomps on the reception of Marie Antoinette in Paris; the numbers who perished are still spoken of obs... ... knows the fatal pollution of the marriage pomps on the reception of Marie Antoinette in Paris; the numbers who perished are still spoken of obscurely... ...n the same great empires, in the persons of Napoleon and the Arch- duchess Marie Louisa, was overshadowed by the same un- happy omens, and, as we all ...

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... by Gustave Flaubert Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx-Aveling TO MARIE-ANTOINE-JULES SENARD Member of the Paris Bar, Ex-President of the Nat... ...at the Marquis de Conflans’, and had been, it was said, the lover of Queen Marie Antoinette, between Monsieur de Coigny and Monsieur de Lauzun. He had... ... Marquis de Conflans’, and had been, it was said, the lover of Queen Marie Antoinette, between Monsieur de Coigny and Monsieur de Lauzun. He had lived...

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...ery thing in motion, and procured us a tolerable succes- sion of holidays. Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of France, was to pass t... ...ing in motion, and procured us a tolerable succes- sion of holidays. Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of France, was to pass through...