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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... sentiment , — base , ungentle passion ! thy hand is against every man , and every man's hand against thee . - Heaven forbid ! said she , raising her hand up to her forehead , for I had turned full in front upon the lady whom I had seen ...
... entrevûe de ce soir la chose du monde la plus impossible . Mais vive la joie ! et toute la mienne sera de penser à vous . L'amour n'est rien sans sentiment . Et le sentiment est encore moins sans amour . On LAURENCE STERNE 41.
... sentiment of honor revolted against it ; - the higher I got , the more was I forced upon my beggarly system ; — the better the coterie , the more children of Art ; — I languish'd for those of Nature : and one night , after a most vile ...