 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...of general justice and benevolence too far ; further than a cautious policy ' THE lit'KKN OF FRANCE. It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendor, and joy! Oh... | |
 | Richard Greene Parker - 1857 - 152 pages
...bless his name to the latest posterity !—Washington Irving. APOSTUOPHE TO THE QOEEN OF FRANCE. 783. It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in: glittering, like the morning star; full of life, and splendour, and joy. Oh!... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1857 - 398 pages
...enjoyed at this propitious period. " It is now sixteen or seventeen years," says this eloquent writer, " since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness,...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendor, and joy ! I thought... | |
 | Rowland Gibson Hazard - 1857 - 378 pages
...of Burke's apostrophe to the Queen of France : " It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I first saw the Queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles,...hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision." The first part of this sentence merely informs us of the time and place at which he had seen the queen,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...the iron hand of oppression, and the insolent spurn of contempt. MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE. It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy. Oh... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1858 - 516 pages
...extract is taken, was among the most eloquent orators and most able statesmen of England. IT is now some years since I saw the Queen of France, then the Dauphiness,...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in ; glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendor, and joy. 0! what... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1859 - 454 pages
...— Encyclopaedia Americana. t "It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Qneen of France at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb,...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life and splendor and joy." — Burke's... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 432 pages
...Marie Antoinette is one of the most eloquent and impassioned of these Reflections: " It is now sixteen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the dauphiness,...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she was just beginning to move in — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 pages
...compass. t DRYDEN. MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE. It is now sixteen or seventeen years since 4 I saw the Queen of France, then the dauphiness, at...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in—glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy. Oh!... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...will call to mind this accusation ; and be comforted. 1760-1820.] IH.-UKE. 721 THE IH'KKN OF FRANCE. It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just ahove the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, — glittering... | |
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It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. 
