 | French revolution, 1789 - 1799 - 202 pages
...eye-witness of the scene, " is an imposing spectacle. It is a vast tribute paid to superior talent, but no great incitement to virtuous deeds. Vices,...and detestable, marked this extraordinary being."* Solemn thoughts must indeed crowd the mind of the Christian reader, while perusing the narrative of... | |
 | Jared Sparks - France - 1832 - 546 pages
...excluding the members of the present. And that the meeting should be far from Paris. ' April 4th. — The funeral of Mirabeau, attended, it is said, by...sacrificed everything to the whim of the moment, Cupidus aJieni, prodigus sui. Venal, shameless, and yet greatly virtuous, when pushed by a prevailing impulse,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - France - 1832 - 544 pages
...excluding the members of the present. And that the meeting should be far from Paris. ' April 4th. — The funeral of Mirabeau, attended, it is said, by...he sacrificed everything to the whim of the moment, Cupidui alieni, prodigus sui. Venal, shameless, and yet greatly virtuous, when pushed by a prevailing... | |
 | Jared Sparks - France - 1832 - 544 pages
...excluding the members of the present. And that the meeting should be far from Paris. ' April 4th.—The funeral of Mirabeau, attended, it is said, by more...sacrificed everything to the whim of the moment, Cupidus alieni,prodig-us sui. Venal, shameless, andfyct greatly virtuous, when pushed by a prevailing impulse,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - France - 1832 - 548 pages
...attended, it is said, by more than 100,000 persons in solemn silence, has been an imposing spectable. It is a vast tribute paid to superior talents, but...sacrificed everything to the whim of the moment, Cupidus alien i, prodigus tui. Venal, shameless, and yet greatly virtuous, when pushed by a prevailing impulse,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - France - 1832 - 546 pages
...attended, it is said, by more than 100,000 persons in solemn silence, has been an imposing spectable. It is a vast tribute paid to superior talents, but...he sacrificed everything to the whim of the moment, Cupidut alieni, prodigus sui. Venal, shameless, and yet greatly virtuous, when pushed by a prevailing... | |
 | Great Britain - 1834 - 404 pages
...from Paris. April 4<A. — The funeral of Mirabeau, attended, if is said, by more than 100,000 person* in solemn silence, has been an imposing spectacle....extraordinary being. Completely prostitute, he sacrificed every thing to the whim of the moment. Cupidus alieni, prodigus sui. Venal, shameless, and yet greatly... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - France - 1844 - 684 pages
...thoughtful old American, "attended by more than one hundred thousand persons, in solemn silence, is an imposing spectacle. It is a vast tribute paid to...and detestable, marked this extraordinary being."! Besides the Assembly, the Jacobin Club and other clubs, all the king's ministers attended, with all... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - Portraits, American - 1862 - 686 pages
...than a hundred thousand persons, in solemn silence. He draws his portrait with the pen of a Tacitus: "Vices both degrading and detestable marked this extraordinary...he sacrificed everything to the whim of the moment — C'tqridits alieni, prodigue sui. Venal, shameless and yet greatly virtuous, when pushed by a prevailing... | |
 | Gouverneur Morris - France - 1888 - 634 pages
...prodigious fine day. The funeral of Mirabeau (attended, it is said, by more than one hundred thousand persons, in solemn silence) has been an imposing spectacle....degrading and detestable, marked this extraordinary creature. Completely prostitute, he sacrificed everything to the whim of the moment. Citpidus alieni,... | |
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Mirabeau, attended, it is said, by more than 100,000 persons in solemn silence, has been an imposing spectacle. It is a vast tribute paid to superior talents, but no great incitement to virtuous deeds. Vices, both degrading and detestable, marked this... 
