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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... betwixt him and all possibility of his seeing either the stage or the actors . The poor dwarf did all he could to get a peep at what was going forwards , by seeking for some little opening betwixt the German's arm and his body , trying ...
... betwixt the currant leaf and his hand . As that was plate sufficient , I bade him lay it upon the table as it was ; and as I resolved to stay within all day , I ordered him to call upon the traîteur , to bespeak my dinner , and leave me ...
... betwixt them and the poor supplicant was no more ; - it was continued betwixt themselves , which of the two should give the twelve - sous piece in charity ; — and , to end the dispute , they both gave it together , and the man went away ...