"Nous regardons a deux
fois" (as the French lady said) before we condemn a person of my lord's undoubted quality.
"Monsieur, je vous remercie mille
fois de votre bonte;" then rising, she added, "C'est comme cela que maman faisait, n'est-ce pas, monsieur?"
A pause; then with a new, yet still subdued inflexion of the voice--an inflexion which provoked while it pleased me --accompanied, too, by a "sourire a la
fois fin et timide" in perfect harmony with the tone:--
His patés à la
fois were beyond doubt immaculate; but what pen can do justice to his essays sur la Nature - his thoughts sur l'Ame - his observations sur l'Esprit ?
--D'autre
fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir.
His first appearance was by a collection of stories in a long series of volumes entitled "Contes deux
fois racontees." The titles of some of his more recent works (we quote from memory) are as follows: "Le Voyage Celeste a Chemin de Fer," 3 tom., 1838; "Le nouveau Pere Adam et la nouvelle Mere Eve," 2 tom., 1839; "Roderic; ou le Serpent a l'estomac," 2 tom., 1840; "Le Culte du Feu," a folio volume of ponderous research into the religion and ritual of the old Persian Ghebers, published in 1841; "La Soiree du Chateau en Espagne," 1 tom., 8vo, 1842; and "L'Artiste du Beau; ou le Papillon Mecanique," 5 tom., 4to, 1843.
Dommage pour le Maroc donne au depart parmi les pretendants au titre, mais qui a tout simplement decu, encore une
fois...
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Caption: Raritan Valley Dance Ensemble in rehearsal for dementia pro qua, featuring choreography by Professor Loretta
Fois.