Paris and the Parisians in 1835, Volumes 1-2Baudry's European Library, 1836 |
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Page 323 - God in that state of life unto which it has pleased God to call him.
Page 147 - The divorce between song and sense had then reached its utmost range; and to all verses connected with music, from a Birth-day Ode down to the libretto of the last new opera, might fairly be applied the solution Figaro gives of the quality of the words of songs, in general, — 'Ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'etre dit, on le chante...
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Page 98 - the last scene of all that ends this strange eventful history," the curtain falls upon the enthusiastic attorney-general as he expires in the arms of his wife and friends.
Page 74 - Neither do men put new wine into old bottles : else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish : but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Page 144 - Ou les beaux vers, la danse, la musique, L'art de tromper les yeux par les couleurs, L'art plus heureux de seduire les coeurs, De cent plaisirs font un plaisir unique.
Page 265 - Ma foi ! meure le petit George quand Dieu voudra , le monde n'en ira pas plus mal pour avoir ignoré Sa façon de penser. Que veux-tu que je te dise ? il faut que je te parle encore de moi, et rien n'est plus insipide qu'une individualité qui n'a pas encore trouvé le mot de sa destinés.
Page 73 - C'est là ce qui vous fait valoir dans les compagnies, et si l'on ignore ces choses, je ne donnerais pas un clou de tout l'esprit qu'on peut avoir.