...Morîenne was one of those persons that »eemed designed for another age than the present. His high chivalrous sentiments, his noble dignity, and wild...the Comte de Morienne was one of those few upon whom nature has set the seal of 'pre-eminence ; and it was not in the power of the world to efface the heavenly...

...deportment, together with his mild romance of character, were ill calculated under any circumstances for the evanescent froth of senseless wit, and the heartless selfishness of modern philosophy. It is certainly the prevalent vice of the age, in the highest ranks of society, to laugh at every ennobling...