... times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones ; every better feeling warm and vivid, every ungentle one repressed or overcome. He was not addicted to love ; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La Roche,... The British Essayists: The Lounger - Page 19by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
| 1781 - 800 pages
...poffdlion inite.id of k:udly relieving me, (heclafp'd of liich a child. Mr.hand) ; — hut when I look on After a journey of eleven days, they arrived at the dwelling of La Roche. It was fituated in ont of thofe valiies of the canthis renovated being as the gift of the Almighty, I f.-cl... | |
| 1781 - 392 pages
...in being the friend of Madanwifelle La Roche, and ibmetimes envied her father the poflcffion of fuch a child. After a journey of eleven days, they arrived at the dwelling of La Roche. It was fituated in one of thofe valleys of the canton of Berne , where nature feems to repofe, as it were,... | |
| 1787 - 470 pages
...in being ihe friend of Mademoifeile IA Roche; and fomeiimes envied her father the pofleffion of fuch a child. After a journey of eleven days, they arrived at the dwelling of La Rcche. It was fituated in one of thole vajleys of : the canton ct Berne, where .Nature feems tojrepple,... | |
| 1803 - 308 pages
...was not addicted to love ; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La Roche, and sometimes envied her father the possession of...• seems to repose, as it were, in quiet, and has enclosed her retreat with mountains inaccessible. A stream, that spent its fury in the hills above,... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 434 pages
...was not addicted to love ; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La Roche, and sometimes envied her father the possession of...nature seems to repose, as it were, in quiet, and has enclosed her retreat with mountains inaccessible. A stream, that spent its fury in the hills above,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...in being the friend of mademoiselle La Roche, and sometimes envied her father the possession of tuch a child. After a journey of eleven days, they arrived...Nature seems to repose, as it were, in quiet, and has enclosed her retreat with mountains inaccessible. A stream, that spent its fury in the hills above,... | |
| Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 pages
...friend of Mademoiselle La Roche ; and sometimes envied her father the possession of such a child. 22. After a -journey of eleven days they arrived at the...La Roche. It was situated in one of those valleys iu the Canton of Bern,where nature seems to repose in quiet, and has enclosed her retreat with mountains... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1815 - 302 pages
...was not addicted to love ; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La Roche, and sometimes envied her father the possession of...quiet, and has inclosed her retreat with mountains inaccessible.—A stream that spent its fury in the hills above, ran in front of the house, and a broken... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1815 - 290 pages
...love; hut he felt himself happyin being the friend of Mademoiselle La Roche, and sometimes en vied her father the possession of such a child. After a...dwelling of La Roche. It was situated in one of those rallies of the canton of Berne, whete nature seems to repose, as it were, in quiet, and has inclosed... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...was not addicted to tove ; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of mademoiselle La Roche, and sometimes envied her father the possession of...child. After a journey of eleven days, they arrived at th« dwelling of La Roche. It was situate in one of those vallies of the canton of Berne, where Nature... | |
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