Literary Gem, Volumen 1J. Van Court, 1854 |
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... JOSEPHINE'S FIRST COURT . WHEN Bonaparte was at Buologne , occu- pied with his great scheme of the conquest of England , and directing the construction of those famous " flat - bottomed boats " destined to immortality in the popular ...
... JOSEPHINE'S FIRST COURT . WHEN Bonaparte was at Buologne , occu- pied with his great scheme of the conquest of England , and directing the construction of those famous " flat - bottomed boats " destined to immortality in the popular ...
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... Josephine , in spite , however , of all obstacles , founded the brilliant court which , although somewhat awkward at first , became afterwards the most splendid , if not the most refined in Eu- rope . Josephine herself was well born ...
... Josephine , in spite , however , of all obstacles , founded the brilliant court which , although somewhat awkward at first , became afterwards the most splendid , if not the most refined in Eu- rope . Josephine herself was well born ...
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... Josephine should present the crosses awarded in this part of the country herself . A scene was therefore got up in the ca- thedral of Aix - la - Chapelle , where she was to appear for the first time in her imperial robes . She came ...
... Josephine should present the crosses awarded in this part of the country herself . A scene was therefore got up in the ca- thedral of Aix - la - Chapelle , where she was to appear for the first time in her imperial robes . She came ...
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... Josephine was in the habit of communi- cating to her circle any remarkable news brought her by the daily courier from the emperor ; and on one occasion she had to relate the event of a violent tempest having greatly injured the flotilla ...
... Josephine was in the habit of communi- cating to her circle any remarkable news brought her by the daily courier from the emperor ; and on one occasion she had to relate the event of a violent tempest having greatly injured the flotilla ...
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... Josephine as having caused him so much merriment , was this : Shortly after the grand fête of the distribu- tion of the crosses of the Legion of Honor , the emperor , on leaving the quay to reach a sloop , had to pass over a small plank ...
... Josephine as having caused him so much merriment , was this : Shortly after the grand fête of the distribu- tion of the crosses of the Legion of Honor , the emperor , on leaving the quay to reach a sloop , had to pass over a small plank ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 421 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away- their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Página 324 - THOU art, O God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee; Where'er we turn, thy glories shine. And all things fair and bright are thine!
Página 131 - The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Página 419 - But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
Página 171 - My life is dreary, He cometh not," she said; She said, "I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!
Página 262 - School, has been very kind to us, and we have no other friend ; but, thank God, I am very calm and composed, and able to do the best that remains to do. Write as religious a letter as possible, but no mention of what is gone and done with. With me "the former things are passed away," and I have something more to do than to feel.
Página 419 - And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people : And set two men, sons of Belial, * before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
Página 324 - God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee; Where'er we turn, thy glories shine. And all things fair and bright are thine! When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, And we can almost think we gaze Through golden vistas into heaven, Those hues, that make the sun's decline So soft, so radiant, Lord!
Página 324 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Página 131 - She shall be sportive as the fawn That wild with glee across the lawn Or up the mountain springs ; And hers shall be the breathing balm, And hers the silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things.