This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 Excerpt: ... few occasions to women in shops, or in the streets, when he had missed his way. ' You have missed it again," I said, "nor can I for the life of me conceive where you have picked up such out-of-the-way opinions. The palm of gallantry for his countrymen, a Frenchman I thought fairly might claim, but I should never have ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 Excerpt: ... few occasions to women in shops, or in the streets, when he had missed his way. ' You have missed it again," I said, "nor can I for the life of me conceive where you have picked up such out-of-the-way opinions. The palm of gallantry for his countrymen, a Frenchman I thought fairly might claim, but I should never have suspected that he would have sought the prize of chastity for his countrywomen, and I think I might encounter many Frenchmen without stumbling on another that would." But here again I Was in an error, and I foufcdr that his opinions were not peculiar to' himself, but almost universal with his country people; and that all good Frenchmen are as fully convinced that the English are most unfortunate husbands, as the English heretofore were, that the French were slaves, and Jived on soup-maigre and frogs. To their shame be it remembered, that they, enjoying and valuing the blessings of freedom, should have been the foremost and the latest, the most eager, the most willing, and the most persevering, in their resistance to the efforts of-a gallant, though at times misguided people, to obtain similar blessings for themselves. Having talked so long about the state of society in England, I thought myself privileged to ask some questions relative to that of public opinion in France. I might, however, have spared myself the trouble, for as c c far as I can rely on my informant, it is exactly what I had supposed it to be. Every successive year there is more and more of hatred to the Bourbons, and hatred to them increases affection for Buonaparte. Of my fellow-traveller's attachment to this great man I could not doubt, for is, with projected head and lowered voice, he confidentially spoke of him, his tongue oftener than once faultered, and th...
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