A Ramble Into Brittany, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1870 - Brittany (France) |
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acres admirably ancient Anne of Brittany appear arches Beaumanoir beautiful beheld Bicêtre Bishop Brest Bretagne Breton Brittany brought capital Castle Cathedral Caulne century chapel charming Châtelaudren choir Church Clergy Coëtmen Corlay cultivation Dinan edifice effigy eight English entered escutcheons exhibits favourable feet five four France Françoise d'Amboise French Garaye gate gaze Grande Place granite Guesclin Guingamp hands head Hereupon holy horses Hôtel hundred inches interesting journey Kersanton labour lady land Landerneau Lannion Lehon length living look Louis Louis XV Louis XVIII magnificent Malo mansion ment miles Morlaix never o'clock Paris pavement period Plouaret present province quarter Quimper relics remarkable render Rennes residence ruins seen seven stands statue stone stood streets thousand tion Tonquedec towers town traveller trees twenty village walls whole yards young
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Page 326 - J'ai reçu, monsieur, votre lettre; je vous remercie des choses honnêtes que vous m'y dites. Vous ne devez pas souhaiter votre retour en France; il vous faudrait marcher sur cent mille cadavres.
Page 324 - You know better than any one how much strength and power are requisite to secure the happiness of a great nation. Save France from her own violence, and you will fulfil the first wish of my heart. Restore her King to her, and future generations will bless your memory.
Page 212 - I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Page 242 - ... who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
Page 326 - I am not insensible to the misfortunes of your family; and I shall learn with pleasure that you are surrounded -with all that can contribute to the tranquillity of your retirement.
Page 324 - Whatever may be their apparent conduct, men like you never inspire alarm. You have accepted an eminent station, and I thank you for having done so. You know better than any one how much strength and power are requisite to secure the happiness of a great nation.
Page 241 - And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
Page 328 - Andre, in whom Louis XVIII. reposed great confidence, saw the note, and succeeded, not without some difficulty, in soothing the anger of the King, and prevailing on him to write the following letter: I do not confound M. Bonaparte with those who have preceded him.
Page 325 - Here the matter rested, and the King's letter remained on the table. In the interim Louis XVIII. wrote a second letter, without any date. It was as follows: You must have long since been convinced, General, that you possess my esteem. If you doubt my gratitude, fix your reward and mark out the fortune of your friends. As to my principles, I am a Frenchman, merciful by character, and also by the dictates of reason. No, the victor of Lodi, Castiglione, and Arcola, the conqueror of Italy and Egypt,...
Page 325 - General, that you possess my esteem. If you doubt my gratitude, fix your reward, and mark out the fortune of your friends. As to my principles, I am a Frenchman, merciful by character, and also by the dictates of reason. " No : the conqueror of Lodi, Castiglione, and Arcola, the conqueror of Italy and Egypt, cannot prefer vain celebrity to real glory.