 | Thomas Hitchcock - 1891 - 256 pages
...this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence....friend ; and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of M. Necker, the minister, and perhaps the legislator, of the French monarchy." To this narrative, Lord... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 448 pages
...she resisted the temptations of wealth as she had sustained the hardships of indigence. The geuius of her husband has exalted him to the most conspicuous...friend ; and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of M. Necker, the minister, and perhaps the legislator, of the French monarchy. Whatsoever have been the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 456 pages
...she resisted the temptations of wealth as she had sustained the hardships of indigence. The geuius of her husband has exalted him to the most conspicuous...friend ; and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of M. Necker, the minister, and perhaps the legislator, of the French monarchy. Whatsoever have been the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 466 pages
...this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence....friend ; and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of Mr. Necker the Minister, and perhaps the legislator, of the French Monarchy. [Such as I am, in Genius... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 540 pages
...this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence....friend ; and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of Mr. Necker the Minister, and perhaps the legislator, of the French Monarchy. [Such as I am, in Genius... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 370 pages
...wealth as she had sustained the hardships of indigence. The genius of her husband has exalted him 10 to the most conspicuous station in Europe. In every...friend, and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of M. Necker, the minister and perhaps the legislator of the French monarchy. 15 Such as I am, in genius... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 364 pages
...possess this inestimable treasure, and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth as she had sustained the hardships of indigence. The genius of her husband has exalted him 10 to the most conspicuous station in Europe. In every change of prosperity and disgrace he has reclined... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 398 pages
...this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence....friend ; and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of M. Necker, the minister, and perhaps the legislator, of the French monarchy.1 Whatsoever have been the... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - 1909 - 666 pages
...Alvares; D'Hermanches, Zamore; De St. Cierge, Gusman; M. de Gentil, Monteze; and Madame Denys, Alzire. change of prosperity and disgrace he has reclined...friend ; and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of M. Necker, the Minister, and perhaps the legislator, of the French monarchy. "THE DECLINE AND FALL OF... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1916 - 1006 pages
...this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital " of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as " she had sustained the hardships of indigence....; and Mademoiselle " Curchod is now the wife of M. Necker, the minister, and perhaps " the legislator, of the French monarchy, "t •"It is difficult... | |
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A rich banker of Paris, a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good sense to discover and possess this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence.... 
