 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. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and...  English Prose (1137-1890) - Page 254edited by - 1909 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...pitch by the misfortunes of its object. ' It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Oueen of France, then the Dauphiness, at Versailles ; and...she just began to move in, — glittering like the morning * State Trials, vol. ii. p. 360, 363. star, .full of life, and splendour, and joy. Oh ! what... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...\ ' It is now sixteen or Seventeen years since I saw the Oueen of France, then the Dan^>* phiness, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb,...she just began to move in, — glittering like the morning * State Trials, vol. ii, p. 360, 363. star, full of life, and splendour, add joy. Oh ! what,... | |
 | 1827 - 698 pages
...celebrated comparison of the Queen of France, though going to the verge of chaste style, hardly passes it. ' And surely, never ' lighted on this orb, which she...she just began to move in — ' glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, ' and joy.' — (Ibid.) AH his writings, but especially... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 512 pages
...captivity, and the exile of her friends, and the insulting adulation of addresses, and the whole weight of her accumulated wrongs, with a serene patience,...decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began tomove in, — glittering like the morning-star, full of life, and splendour, and joy. Oh ! what a... | |
 | 1811 - 386 pages
...deposited, and consumed in the same manner. Mr. Burke's animated description of the late Queen . of France. IT is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...she just began to move in — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy. Oh! what a revolution! and what a heart must I... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...conquer —or die ! . SECTION II. Eulogium of Antoinette, the late Queen of France. IT is now sixteen-or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then...-horizon,. decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just began to move in,— —glittering like the morning star ; full of life, and splendor, and... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1819 - 484 pages
...as the Duke of Bedford would have it, from an unworthy parent. DESCRIPTION OF THE QUEEN OF FRANCE. IT is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...glittering like the morning-star, full of life, and splendor, and joy. Oh! what a revolution! and what an heart must I have, to contemplate without emotion... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pages
...liberties — let us conquer, or die ! Section II. EULOGIUM OF ANTOINETTE, THE LATE QUEEN OF FRANCE. It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just began to move in, glittering like the morning star ; full of life, and splendour, and joy.... | |
 | 1821 - 362 pages
...captivity, and Hie exile of her friends, and the insulting adulation of addresses, and the whole weight of her accumulated wrongs, with a serene patience,...sphere she just began to move in ; glittering, like the morning star, full of life, and splendor, and joy. Oh ! what a revolution ! and what a heart must I... | |
 | 1822 - 694 pages
...since I saw the Queen of France, then the Daupluness, at Versailles, and surely never lighted upon this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more...sphere she just began to move in ; glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and of joy. Oh ! what a revolution ! and what a heart must... | |
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