 ... dictator, be any other than a clown, urging his oxen with the goad, and holding the handle of the plough ? But when I went to deliver my letter of recommendation to this great man, I found in him the simplicity of the old Roman. " A small house in...  Memoirs of Chateaubriand, Vol - Page 250by François René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1848 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1828 - 532 pages
...simplicity of the old Roman. A small house in the English style, resembling the neighbouring houses, was the palace of the President of the United States : no guards, nor even footmen. I knocked: a servant-girl opened the door. I enquired if the general was at home... | |
 | James Stuart - 1833 - 632 pages
...simplicity of the old Roman. " A small house in the English style, resembling the neighbouring houses, was the palace of the president of the United States : no guards, nor even footmen. I knocked : a servant girl opened the door. I inquired if the General was at home... | |
 | James Stuart - 1833 - 568 pages
...simplicity of the old Roman. " A small house in the English style, resembling the neighbouring houses, was the palace of the president of the United States: no guards, nor even footmen. I knocked : a servant girl opened the door. I inquired if the General was at home... | |
 | 1834 - 1056 pages
...pleasing. "A little house of the English construction, resembling the houses in its neighbourhood, was the palace of the President of the United States. No guards, no valets. I knocked — a young servant-girl opened to me. I asked her if the General wae at home.... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1849 - 476 pages
...little fields, to curse arts and sciences, and to wear long nails and beards, if we would be free. A small house, similar to those around it, was the...pronounce, and could not remember it; then requested me to When I arrived at Philadelphia, General Washington was not there, and it was a week before he returned.... | |
 | 1850 - 216 pages
...house of the English construction (says Chateaubriand), resembling the houses in its neighbourhood, was the palace of the President of the United States. No guards, no valets. I knocked — a young servant-girl opened to me. I asked her if the General was at home.... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott - 1884 - 1004 pages
...Roman. " A small house built in the English style, and resembling the other houses in its neighborhood, was the palace of the President of the United States ; no guards, not even footmen. I knocked, a young servant girl opened the door. I asked her if the general was at home; she... | |
 | James Stuart - 1833 - 352 pages
...simplicity of the old Roman. " A small house in the English style, resembling the neighbouring houses, was the palace of the President of the United States : no guards, nor even footmen. I knocked : a servant girl opened the door. I inquired if the general was at home... | |
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