| Questions and answers - 1900 - 676 pages
...de soixante-dix ans. So ajso Lamartine, ' Hist, of the Girondists, voL iL book ii. ch. xiv. : — " Her hair, which had been auburn on the previous evening, was in the morning white as snow." — Ryde's translation (Bohn). In the fourth line it is easy to carp al Byron's grammar, "have" being... | |
| Biography - 1855 - 526 pages
...noise of footsteps, which every instant increased beneath the windows. Such was their situation in Varennes at seven o'clock in the morning. ' The queen...auburn on the previous evening, was in the morning as white as snow.'* IV. HACK TO THE TUILERIBS. The house and streets were filled with people, when,... | |
| Alphonse de Lamartine - France - 1856 - 562 pages
...threatening murmurs of the people and the noise of footsteps, that at each instant increased beneath their window. Such was the state of affairs at Varennes...in her mind, that her hair, which had been auburn o*» the previous evening, was in the morning white as snow. XV. At Paris the most profound mystery... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1856 - 600 pages
...noise of footsteps, which every instant increased beneath the window». Such was their situation in Varennes at seven o'clock in the morning. " The queen...auburn on the previous evening, was in the morning as white as snow." The house and streets were filled with people, when, about seven o'clock in the... | |
| John Leaf - 1861 - 500 pages
...noise of footsteps, which every instant increased beneath the windows. Such was their situation in Varennes at seven o'clock in the morning. " The queen...auburn on the previous evening, was in the morning as white as snow." * IV.— BACK TO THE THILERIES. The house and streets were filled with people, when,... | |
| Alphonse de Lamartine - France - 1868 - 502 pages
...different occurrences. Already had the national guards of the neighboring villages arrived at Yarennes ; barricades were erected between the upper and lower...At Paris the most profound mystery had covered the Sing's departure. M. de La Fayette, who had twice been to the Tuileries, to assure himself with his... | |
| Alphonse de Lamartine - France - 1890 - 570 pages
...threatening murmurs of the people and the noise of footsteps, that at each instant increased beneath their window. Such was the state of affairs at Varennes...in her mind, that her hair, which had been auburn o*1 the previous evening, was in the morning white as snow. XV, At Paris the most profound mystery... | |
| Charles Franklin Warwick - Biography & Autobiography - 1908 - 510 pages
...bottle of Burgundy. What a contrast between him and his queen. Lamartine in speaking of her says: " Rage, terror, despair, waged so terrible a conflict...previous evening was in the morning white as snow." About this time officers of the royal troops began to arrive and they imparted courage to the king.... | |
| 1854 - 528 pages
...noise of footsteps, which every instant increased beneath the windows. Such was their situation in Varennes at seven o'clock in the morning. ' The queen...auburn on the previous evening, was in the morning as white as snow.'* IV. BACK TO THE TUILERIES. p, t . . The house and streets were filled with people,... | |
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