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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... "
On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Occasional ... - Page 194
by Charles Bucke - 1823
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated...began to move in, — glittering like the morning * State Trials, vol. ii. p. 360, 363. star, .full of life, and splendour, and joy. Oh ! what a revolution...
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...of France, then the Dan^>* phiness, 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 cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, — glittering...
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The Port Folio, Volume 4

1810 - 702 pages
...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 cheering the eleyated sphere she just began to moves in ; glittering...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 46

1827 - 698 pages
...to the verge of chaste style, hardly passes it. ' 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 cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in — ' glittering...
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Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of ..., Volume 1

Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 pages
...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 cheering the ele" vated sphere she just began to move in — glit"...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...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 cheering the elevated sphere she had just began to move in,—...
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American Lady's Preceptor: A Compilation of Observations, Essays, and ...

1811 - 386 pages
...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 cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in — glittering...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 82, Part 1; Volume 111

1812 - 778 pages
...Queen of France, then tlw Dauphiness, at Versailles ; and surely never alighted on this orb, which site hardly seemed to touch, a more DELIGHTFUL VISION. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, — if littering...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings of Certain ...

Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. ] 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 splendor, and joy. Oh ! what a revolution ! and what an heart must...
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O'Donnel: A National Tale, Volume 3

Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1814 - 362 pages
...with emotion, " when she first rose above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendor, and joy." " And little," said O'Donnel, catching the enthusiasm, " did we then dream that...
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