Half-Hours of Translation, or Extracts from the Best British and American Authors to Be Rendered Into French, and Also Passages Translated from French ... Into the Original Text, by A. Mariette - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 edition. Excerpt: ...from the simplicity of his faith; and never was there a Christian's victory18 over death more grandly evidenced19 than in that last scene lighted with its lambent humour.20 History will rather dwell upon the incidents of the execution than attempt a sentence upon21 those who willed that it should be.22 It was at once mostM piteous and most inevitable. The hour of retribution had come at length,1 when at the hands of the Eomish Church was to be required2 all the righteous blood which it had shed from the blood of Baymond of Toulouse to tha blood of the last victim who had blackened into ashes3 at Smithfield. The voices crying underneath the altar had been heard upon the4 throne of the Most High/ and woe to the generation of6 which the dark7 account had been demanded. 1 Se found true, il decouvrit la verite de--2 spoken, pro-' noncees--3 that, a savoir, que--4 have, eprouver--5 this was, telle fut--6 an act which was sounded out, evenement qui retentit--7 into the far corners, jusqu'aux extremites--8 was, "made"'--9 as well for the, tant a cause des--10 under, dans--1 1 it was perpetrated, cette execution fut consommee--n as for the composure, qu'a cause du calme--borne, subie--14 something, etc due to his something to, ce calme provenait sans doute un peu de son, un peu d'--16 in, a--16 was plunging into the ruin of the latter days, se precipitait vers l'abime de ses derniers jours--" those, etc their colour, ces douces teintes d'une radieuse serenite recurent leur coloris--18 and never was there victory, et jamais victoire--19 more grandly evidenced, ne fut plus noblement manifestee--20 with its lambent humour, de son bumeur...