The American in Paris [by J. Sanderson].Henry Colburn, 1838 - 642 pages |
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Page 276 - Au banquet de la vie, infortuné convive, J'apparus un jour, et je meurs. Je meurs, et sur ma tombe où lentement j'arrive, Nul ne viendra verser des pleurs.
Page 107 - ... one hundred per cent, that he is the next person to address their Lordships ; but if, in addition to these symptoms of his mind labouring with some tumultuous emotions of which he is anxious to rid himself, you see his head drooping as if his face were half buried in his breast, and observe him give a hasty scratch at the back of his head, accompanied with two or three twitches of his nose; if, on any occasion, you observe all this, while an Opposition Peer is speaking — and you will not observe...
Page 44 - Mais elle e'tait du monde, ou les plus belles choses Ont le pire destin ; Et, rose, elle a vecu ce que vivent les roses, L'espace d'un matin.
Page 137 - Un conquérant, dans sa fortune altière, Se fit un jeu des sceptres et des lois , Et de ses pieds on peut voir la poussière Empreinte encor sur le bandeau des rois.
Page 38 - ... or tea, and the entertainment of the lady's conversation while you sip it. Each story of a hotel is divided into apartments and rooms — that is, accommodations for whole families or individuals ; distinction, and, of course, price, decreasing upwards ; for example, he who lives a story lower down thinks himself above you, and you in return consider him overhead below you. A third story in the Rue Castiglione or Rivoli, is equal in rank to a second story anywhere else.
Page 87 - What the state ought to take upon itself to direct by the public wisdom, and what it ought to leave, with as little interference as possible, to individual discretion.
Page 261 - Con un color angelico di perla: Graziosa a vederla , E disdegnosa, dove si convene : Umile, vergognosa e temperata, E sempre a vertù grata, Intra' suoi be' costumi un atto regna , Che d
Page 42 - You take hold of an unwieldy knocker, you lift it up cautiously, and open flies the door six inches ; you then push yourself through, and look about with a kind of a suspicious and sheepish look, and you see no one. At length you discover an individual, who will not seem to take the least notice of you, till you intrude rather far ; then he will accost you : Que demandez-vous, Monsieur?
Page 258 - ... mantle.—Were I not bound by so many endearing affections of kindred and \ friendship to my native country, there is not one spot upon the earth I would prefer to the sweet tranquillity of this delicious retirement. When you visit the Luxembourg you will see multitudes every where of bouncing demoiselles, with nymph-looking faces, caps without bonnets, and baskets in their hands, traversing the garden from all quarters, running briskly to their work in the morning, and strolling slowly homewards...
Page 55 - ... mistaken. Let me introduce you to this shoe-black. He has, as you see, a little box, a brush or two in it, and blacking, and a fixture on top for a foot; this is his fond de boutique, his stock in trade. He brushes off the mud to the soles of your feet, and shows you your own features in your boots for three sous. This one has just dissolved an ancient firm, and his advertisement, which he calls a " prospectus," standing here so prim upon a board, announces the event.