Recollections of a Long LifeW.P. Griffith & Sons, 1896 - Всего страниц: 120 |
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Стр. 78 - Mais elle était du monde où les plus belles choses Ont le pire destin ; Et rose elle a vécu ce que vivent les roses, L'espace d'un matin.
Стр. 62 - Kts. separated, highly gratified with the proceedings of the day, which will be long remembered by those who had the good fortune to be present.
Стр. 65 - ... revive in Newport this summer the recollection of the Revolutionary days when the French military officers surrounding General Rochambeau, and the naval retinue of the Chevalier De Tiernay, gave to the somewhat bleak society of the happy island the charm and grace of the French salon of the old regime. The social traditions of no place in the country are more interesting than those of Newport, which at the opening of the Revolution was a, more important sea-port than New York, and which has never...
Стр. 65 - Centennial ought to revive in Newport this summer the recollection of the Revolutionary days when the French military officers surrounding General Rochambeau, and the naval retinue of the Chevalier De Tiernay, gave to the somewhat bleak society of the happy island the charm and grace of the French salon of the old regime. The social traditions of no place in the country are more interesting than those of Newport, which at the opening of the Revolution was a, more important sea-port than New York,...
Стр. 65 - ... exception to the rule of French license. In the Newport of a generation ago there were still many relics of the gay French days. The head-quarters of Rochambeau, where the count received and entertained Washington when he came to Newport just a hundred years ago, in 1781, wore at the Vernon house, at the corner of Clarke and Mary streets.
Стр. 43 - Every day a carriage was sent us by some unknown authority, and a box at the theatre was placed at our disposal ; and, finally, on leaving, the hotel proprietor refused to let us pay our bill — indeed, he would not present one.
Стр. 50 - My grandmother had a daughter — " very delicate," she said — named Phoebe, who lived to be 80, though her mother never thought she would raise her, and continued this remark until my aunt was quite old.
Стр. 10 - The usual one was to be placed outside the door crowned with a fool's cap, so that passers-by might jeer. But I enjoyed it immensely...
Стр. 26 - Like other attractive girls, I was very young when I received my first offer of marriage.
Стр. 59 - I am going to be your mother now and will love you and take care of you as long as I live.