A Sentimental Journey Through France and ItalyAlan Rodgers Books LLC, 2005 - 108 Seiten
CALAIS When I had fished my dinner, and drank the King of France's health, to satisfy my mind that I bore him no spleen, but, on the contrary, high honor for the humanity of his temper, -- I rose up an inch taller for the accommodation. -- No -- said I -- the Bourbon is by no means a cruel race: they may be misled, like other people; but there is a mildness in their blood. As I acknowledged this, I felt a suffusion of a finer kind upon my cheek -- more warm and friendly to man, than what Burgundy (at least of two livres a bottle, which was such as I had been drinking) could have produced. -- Just God! said I, kicking my portmanteau aside, what is there in this world's goods which should sharpen our spirits, and make so many kind-hearted brethren of us fall out so cruelly as we do by the way? |
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... CALAIS . M1 -y heart smote me the moment he shut the door - Psha ! said I , with an air of carelessness , three several times - but it would not do : every ungracious syllable I had utter'd crowded back into my imagina- tion : I ...
... CALAIS . Ast s the little French captain left us , Mons . Dessein came up with the key of the Remise in his hand ... CALAIS . C'est - ' est bien LAURENCE STERNE 23 THE REMISE. CALAIS. ...
... CALAIS . I so my neve never finished a twelve guinea bargain so expeditiously in my life : my time seemed heavy ... Calais , ― - - What a large volume of adventures may be LAURENCE STerne 25 THE REMISE. CALAIS. ...