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Excerpt from Recollections of Italy, England and America, With Essays on Various Subjects, in Morals and Literature, Vol. 1On the Island of Gracioza, one of the Azores A few words concerning the Cataract of Canada.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techn...

Excerpt from Martyrs, ou le Triomphe de la Religion ChrétienneLes personnages sont pris dans les deux religions je fais d'a bord connaître ces personnages, le récit montre ensuite l'état du Christianisme dans le monde connu, à l'époque de l'action, le reste de l'ouvrage développe cette action, qui se rattache parla catastrophe au massacre général des Chrétiens.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and class...

Excerpt from Romans Et Poésies Diverses Il me reste une chose à dire je ne sais par quel hasard une lettre que j'avais adressée à M. De Fontanes a excité l'attention du public beaucoup plus que je ne m'y attendais. Je croyais que quel ques lignes d'un auteur inconnu passeraient sans être aperçues, cependant les papiers publics ont bien voulu parler de cette lettre 1. En ré¿échissant sur ce caprice du public, qui a fait atten tion à une chose ...

Excerpt from Les Martyrs, Vol. 1: Ou le Triomphe de la Religion Chrétienne Cette idée conçue j'ai trouvé facilement l'époque historique de l'alliance des deux religions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the wor...

Memorie d'oltretomba" racconta una vita, quella dell'autore, che coincide con una parte decisiva della storia della Francia, la fine dell'ancien regime, passando attraverso la rivoluzione e la parabola di Napoleone. Nelle pagine di Chateaubriand la storia diventa memoria, i ritratti dei grandi nomi sono filtrati dallo sguardo dell'autore: i protagonisti dell'odiata rivoluzione, che aveva mandato sulla ghigliottina il suo mondo, sono tutti, da ...

Excerpt from Portrait of Bonaparte: Being a View of His Administration The preface concludes thus: I shall be happy if this work have done some service, and served to tear asunder the veil which covered the odious tyranny. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-o...

The first great American novel, albeit one written by a Frenchman. Chateaubriand's classic tale of Indian amours was, with Lewis' The Monk and Coleridge's opium dealer, the inspiration for all Romantic works to follow.

Excerpt from Portrait of Bonaparte: Being a View of His Administration A. To the calamities which the French have in all ages spread in In, and the misfortunes which France has 31' perienced under the government of 19 lians, these are facts attested by history but they would not justify any sweeping conclusion against the French 01' It liens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find...

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Excerpt from Les Martyrs, Vol. 2 Monté sur un coursier de Thessalie et suivi d'un seul serviteur, le fils de Lasthénès avait quitté Lacédémone, il marchait vers Argos par le chemin de la montagne. La religion et l'amour remplissaient son âme de résolutions généreuses. Dieu, qui voulait l'élever au plus haut degré de la gloire, le conduisait à ces grands spectacles qui nous apprennent à mépriser les choses de la terre. Eudore, errant sur des s...

Excerpt from An Historical, Political, and Moral Essay on Revolutions: Ancient and Modern Such are the questions that I propose to ex amine and although much has been written on the French revolution, yet each faction having Men satisfied by decrying its rival, the subject is still as new as if it had never been discussed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgott...

Excerpt from The Martyrs, Vol. 3: Or, the Triumph of the Christian Religion Be it Remembered, that on the fourth day of May, In the thirty-sixth year of the independence of the United States of America, Whiting and Watson of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the word's and figures following, to wit: "The Martyrs, or, the Triumph of the Christian Religion. Fro...

Excerpt from Recollections of Italy, England and America: With Essays on Various Subjects, in Morals and Literature De Chateaubriand would perhaps have determined to te sume his labours in the Mercure, had he not found the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-...

At the moment when I was sealing my vows with a gentle kiss, to which Atala at this time made but a feeble resistance, a rapid stream of lightning, followed by a tremendous clap of thunder, filled all the forest with sulphur and light, and shivered a tree at our feet. We fled, trembling with fright. But oh, wonderful!-in the calm which succeeded this shock, we head the sound of a bell! We both stood speechless and listened to this noise, so ex...

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