Tancred: Or, The New Crusade, Том 1

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B. Tauchnitz, 1847 - 292 стор.
 

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Сторінка 162 - His life was a gyration of energetic curiosity ; an insatiable whirl of social celebrity. There was not a congregation of sages and philosophers in any part of Europe which he did not attend as a brother. He was present at the camp of Kalisch in his yeomanry uniform, and assisted at the festivals of Barcelona in an Andalusian jacket. He was everywhere and at everything; he had gone down in a diving-bell and gone up in a balloon.
Сторінка 123 - It is treated scientifically; everything is explained by geology and astronomy, and in that way. It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing can be so pretty! A cluster of vapour, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese churned into light. You must read it, 'tis charming." "Nobody ever saw a star formed,
Сторінка 161 - Mr. Vavasour was a social favourite, a poet, and a real poet, quite a troubadour, as well as a member of Parliament ; travelled, sweet tempered and good hearted, very amusing and very clever. With catholic sympathies and an eclectic turn of mind, Mr. Vavasour saw something good in everybody and everything, which is certainly amiable, and perhaps just, but disqualifies a man in some degree for the business of life, which requires for its conduct a certain degree of prejudice.
Сторінка 296 - I will take care of Syria and Asia Minor. The only way to manage the Afghans is by Persia and by the Arabs. We will acknowledge the Empress of India as our suzerain, and secure for her the Levantine coast. If she like, she shall have Alexandria as she now has Malta : it could be arranged.
Сторінка 162 - Kalisch in his yeomanry uniform, and assisted at the festivals of Barcelona in an Andalusian jacket. He was everywhere, and at everything ; he had gone down in a diving-bell and gone up in a balloon. As for his acquaintances, he was welcomed in every land ; his universal sympathies seemed omnipotent. Emperor and king, jacobin and carbonaro, alike cherished him. He was the steward of Polish balls and the vindicator of Russian humanity ; he dined with Louis Philippe, and gave dinners to Louis Blanc.
Сторінка 161 - Mr. Vavasour was a social favourite ; a poet and a real poet, and a troubadour, as well as a member of Parliament; travelled, sweet-tempered, and good-hearted ; amusing and clever. With catholic sympathies and an eclectic turn of mind, Mr. Vavasour saw something good in everybody and everything, which is certainly amiable, and perhaps just, but disqualifies a...
Сторінка 258 - Progress! Progress to what, and from whence? Amid empires shrivelled into deserts, amid the wrecks of great cities, a single column or obelisk of which nations import for the prime ornament of their mud-built capitals, amid arts forgotten, commerce annihilated, fragmentary literatures and populations destroyed, the European talks of progress, because, by an ingenious application of some scientific acquirements, he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
Сторінка 124 - Oh! but it is all proved: you must not argue on my rapid sketch; read the book. It is impossible to contradict anything in it. You understand, it is all science; it is not like those books in which one says one thing and another the contrary, and both may be wrong. Everything is proved — by geology, you know.
Сторінка 139 - I am born in an age and in a country divided between infidelity on one side, and an anarchy of creeds on the other; with none competent to guide me, yet feeling that I must believe, for I hold that duty cannot exist without faith...
Сторінка 171 - The Spaniards then conquered Mexico, and now they cannot govern it.' 'So much for race,' said Vavasour. 'The race is the same ; why are not the results the same ? ' ' Because it is worn out,' said Sidonia. ' Why do not the Ethiopians build another Thebes, or excavate the colossal temples of the cataracts ? The decay of a race is an inevitable necessity, unless it lives in deserts and never mixes its blood.

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