 | 1836 - 432 sider
...figure is a portrait of the fascinating Queen herself, sculptured at the very time when, as Burke says " never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delighftul vision." This, like the former statue, is devoid of drapery. The position of the body, and... | |
 | 1837 - 186 sider
...young man to whom I have awarded the first place, explained promptly and accurately the expressions ' surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision,'' ' decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in,' ' enthusiastic, distant,... | |
 | Adolphe Thiers - 1838 - 454 sider
...Revolution. E. f " It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France at Versailles, and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy." —... | |
 | Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers - 1838 - 448 sider
...Revolution. E. •}, " It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France at Versailles, and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy." —... | |
 | 346 sider
...writers. Speaking of Marie Antoinette, this elegant author says, ' Surely never lighted on this orh, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful...horizon decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.' By... | |
 | 1850 - 616 sider
...vision. I saw her just above tho horizon, decorating and cheering ths elevated sphere she just began to move in — glittering like the morning star; full, of life, and splendor, and joy." This brilliant being, the admired of all beholders — possessed of power, a throne,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1839 - 548 sider
...now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, — glittering like the morning-star ; full of life, and spleudor, and joy.... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 476 sider
...celebrated comparison of the Queen of France, though going to the verge of chaste style, hardly passes it. " And surely, never lighted on this orb, which she hardly...horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy."f... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 434 sider
...celebrated comparison of the Queen of France, though going to the verge of chaste style, hardly passes it. "And surely, never lighted on this orb, which she...her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering Hie elevated sphere she just began to move in — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 488 sider
...vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy."f All his writings, but especially his later ones, abound in examples of the abuse of this style,... | |
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It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and... 
