 | Stewarton, Lewis Goldsmith - 1806 - 466 pàgines
...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of...saw; and loved. I found her learned without pedantry, witty in conversation, pure in -senti-- ment, and elegant in manners ; and the first sudden emotion... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 pàgines
...languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition or' Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of* universal...emotion was fortified by the habits and knowledge of a more familiar acquaintance. She permitted me to make her two or three visits at her father's house.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pàgines
...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition, of mademoiselle Curchod were the theme...and the first sudden emotion was fortified by the * EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL. March 1757. I wrote some critical observations upon Plautus. March 8th.... | |
 | 1830 - 336 pàgines
...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition, of mademoiselle Curchod were the theme...and the first sudden emotion was fortified by the 41 EXTRACTS VROM THE JOL-RNAI. March 1757. March 8th. June. August. Sept. 15th. Oct. 15th. NOT. 1st.... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pàgines
...fall in love with a young lady, of whom he has left us the following account : " I saw," he says, " and loved. I found her learned, without pedantry; lively in conversation; pure in sentiment; elegant in manners. She permitted me to make her two or three visits in her father's house. I passed... | |
 | Barthold Georg Niebuhr - 1836 - 328 pàgines
...a captive to her charms. He tells the story in his own Memoirs, where he informs us that ' she was learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in manners : her wit and beauty were the theme of universal applause.' Gibbon prospered in his suit ; but such... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pàgines
...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of...manners ; and the first sudden emotion was fortified liy the habits and knowledge of a more familiar acquaintance. She * Extracts from the Journal. March,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pàgines
...short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle (torched were the theme of universal applause. The report of...a prodigy awakened my curiosity ; I saw and loved. 1 found her learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in manners... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - 486 pàgines
...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of...emotion was fortified by the habits and knowledge of a more familiar acquaintance. She permitted me to make her two or three visits at her father's house.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 390 pàgines
...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of...emotion was fortified by the habits and knowledge of a more familiar acquaintance. She permitted me to make her two or three visits at her father's house.... | |
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I found her learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in manners ; and the first sudden emotion was fortified by the habits and knowledge of a more familiar acquaintance. She permitted me to make her two or three... 
