 Madame Roland heard herself sentenced to death with the air of one who saw in her condemnation merely her title to immortality. She rose, and slightly bowing to her judges, said, with a bitter and ironical smile, " I thank you for considering me worthy...  Woman and Her Era - Page 211by Eliza Woodson Burhans Farnham - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Alphonse de Lamartine - 1848 - 590 pages
...to address the court, or compelled their silence ; the very verdict vested with them. Madame Roland heard herself sentenced to death with the air of one...smile, " I thank you for considering me worthy to share (he fate of the good and great men you have murdered !'' She flew down the steps of the Conciergerie... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 488 pages
...address the court, or compelled their silence ; the very verdict™ rested with them. 2. Madame Roland heard herself sentenced to death with the air of one...Conciergerie™ with the rapid swiftness of a child about to obtain some long-desired object : the end and aim of her desires was death. As she passed along the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 pages
...address the court, or compelled their silence; the very verdict" rested with them. 2. Madame Roland heard herself sentenced to death with the air of one...you have murdered ! " She flew down the steps of the ConciergerieD with the rapid swiftness of a child about to obtain some long-desired object : the end... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - 1858 - 420 pages
...address the court, or compelled their silence ; the very verdict rested with them. 2. Madame Roland heard herself sentenced to death with the air of one...Conciergerie with the rapid swiftness of a child about to obtain some long-desired object : the end and aim of her desires was death. As she passed along the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 480 pages
...address the court, or compelled their silence ; the very verdict*1 rested with them. '2. Madame Roland heard herself sentenced to death with the air of one...rose, and, slightly bowing to her judges, said, with a hitler and ironical smile, " I thank you for considering me worthy to share the fate of the good and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 pages
...address the court, or compelled their silence ; the very verdict" rested with them. '2. Madame Roland heard herself sentenced to death with the air of one...judges, said, with a bitter and ironical smile,"! thank you for considering me worthy to share the fate of the good and great men you have murdered !... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...address the court, or compelled their silence ; the very verdict EI rested with them. 2. Madame Roland heard herself sentenced to death with the air of one...have murdered ! " She flew down the steps *of the ConciergerieE1 with the rapid swiftness of a child about to obtain some long-desired object : the end... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1862 - 362 pages
...intercede with her son for our common country. Madam Roland heard herself sentenced to death with tho air of one who saw in her condemnation merely her title to immortality. Goldsmith said to Johnson very wittily and very justlv, " If yon were to write a fable about little... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 340 pages
...the courage, all the feminine beauty of Madame Eoland, could not save her from the guillotine. She heard herself sentenced to death, with the air of...condemnation merely her title to immortality. She rose, and, alightly bowing to her craven judges, said, with an ironical smile, " I thank you for considering me... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1870 - 358 pages
...entreat Veturia, the mother of Coriolanus, to intercede with her son for our common country. Madam Roland heard herself sentenced to death with the air of one...her condemnation merely her title to immortality. Goldsmith said to Johnson very wittily and very jnstlv, " If you were to write a fable about little... | |
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