... remarkable people, and often spoke from her personal knowledge of them. Her memory, too, was stored with valuable information, and her manner of narrating was so animated, that it was difficult to realize her age. In telling an anecdote of Mirabeau,... Recollections of Seventy Years - Stranica 124napisao/la Mrs. John Farrar - 1866 - Broj stranica: 331Potpun prikaz - O ovoj knjizi
| Mrs. John Farrar - 1866 - Broj stranica: 376
...was so animated, that it was difficult to realize her age. In telling an anecdote of Mirabeau,'she stepped out before us, and extending her arm. spoke...Madame de Stae'l which are worth remembering. Madame Ncckar was a harsh mother, and always found a great deal of fault with her daughter; but her husband... | |
| Grace Atkinson Oliver - 1882 - Broj stranica: 640
...realize her age. In telling an anecdote of Mirabeau, she stepped out before us, and, extending her arms, spoke a sentence of his in the impassioned manner...did it so admirably that it was quite thrilling." They made a visit to the village, to see the schools and improvements in the buildings made by the... | |
| Grace Atkinson Oliver - 1882 - Broj stranica: 610
...realize her age. In telling an anecdote of Mirabeau, she stepped out before us, and, extending her arms, spoke a sentence of his in the impassioned manner...did it so admirably that it was quite thrilling." They made a visit to the village, to see the schools and improvements in the buildings made by the... | |
| Helen Gray Cone, Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1887 - Broj stranica: 332
...realize her age. In telling an anecdote of Mirabeau, she stepped out before us, and, extending her arms, spoke a sentence of his in the impassioned manner...and did it so admirably that it was quite thrilling. ELIZA FARRAR : ' Recollections of Seventy Years." Boston : Ticknor & Fields, 1866. There was a life... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1894 - Broj stranica: 388
...realise her age. In telling an anecdote of Mirabeau, she stepped out before us, and, extending her arms, spoke a sentence of his in the impassioned manner...and did it so admirably that it was quite thrilling. Another American visitor, in the same year of 1836, the Rev. William B. Sprogue, writes :' The Edgeworth... | |
| 1865 - Broj stranica: 834
...manner of narrating was so animated that it was difficult to realize her age. In telling an aneedote of Mirabeau, she stepped out before us, and, extending...quite thrilling. She told us two speeches of Madame de Staël which are worth remembering. Madame Necker was a harsh mother, and always found a great deal... | |
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