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Private Anecdotes Of Illustrious French Characters.
D' Aubigne , on this account and many others , was not at all pleased with the king , and thereupon retired from court . The king , persuaded that he had lost a faithful servant , wrote him several tetters to recall him , all which he burned without taking the least notice of their contents ; but when he heard that the king ( on a false report of his having been ' made prisoner in an enterprize against
Limoges ) had laid aside some diamond rings belonging to the queen , in order to pay his ransom , he was . so touched with this act of generosity , that he immediately returned to court , and threw himself at the king ' s feet , imploring his pardon .
Hope.
HOPE .
£ WITH AN ELEGANT ENGRAVING . J HOPE , of all ills that Men endure The only cheap and universal cure 1 Thou captive ' s freedom , and thou sick man ' s health- ! Thou loser ' s victory , and thou beggar ' s wealth 1 COV / SET
IT is astonishing that man , the most noble being of the Creation , should have so many imperfections as we find him surrounded with . It seems that there is alwaj's something that he wants , since no moment in life passes without some desires . Every thing he sees , every thing he hears , and every thing he thinks of , excites in his heart so many passions as nothing can extinguish , and which it is almost impossible for him to gratify ; his weakness cannot
answer to the . vivacity of his imagination , nor can his imagination furnish the means of satisfying itself ; an eternal uneasiness devours him , which nothing but HOPE can satisfy . Though frequently unhappy in his projects , yet man is very eagerly bent upon them ; and even the misfortune of having failed therein doe ' s for the most part serve him as a fresh motive to prosecute
them . This thirst , which he cannot quench , and which incessantly burns within him ; these desires always insatiable , and which he is never sure of satisfying , would be to him , no doubt , a terrible punishment , without the hope of success , with which he flatters himself , and which at least , renders him happy by the idea he fprms to himself , that he cannot fail of being so .
In fact , HOPE never leads him but through agreeable roads , even to the farther end , where it is forced to leave him ; it alone has the power of taking from him the sense of the present , when it is unpleasing , and of anticipating as present the happjr time to come , where it proposes to arrive . How distant soever the pleasing object be , PIOPE brings it nigh ; so that we enjoy a happiness while we hope for it : if we ' miss it , we still hope for it ; if w « = pome to possess it , we promise ourselves we shall always do so ,.
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Private Anecdotes Of Illustrious French Characters.
D' Aubigne , on this account and many others , was not at all pleased with the king , and thereupon retired from court . The king , persuaded that he had lost a faithful servant , wrote him several tetters to recall him , all which he burned without taking the least notice of their contents ; but when he heard that the king ( on a false report of his having been ' made prisoner in an enterprize against
Limoges ) had laid aside some diamond rings belonging to the queen , in order to pay his ransom , he was . so touched with this act of generosity , that he immediately returned to court , and threw himself at the king ' s feet , imploring his pardon .
Hope.
HOPE .
£ WITH AN ELEGANT ENGRAVING . J HOPE , of all ills that Men endure The only cheap and universal cure 1 Thou captive ' s freedom , and thou sick man ' s health- ! Thou loser ' s victory , and thou beggar ' s wealth 1 COV / SET
IT is astonishing that man , the most noble being of the Creation , should have so many imperfections as we find him surrounded with . It seems that there is alwaj's something that he wants , since no moment in life passes without some desires . Every thing he sees , every thing he hears , and every thing he thinks of , excites in his heart so many passions as nothing can extinguish , and which it is almost impossible for him to gratify ; his weakness cannot
answer to the . vivacity of his imagination , nor can his imagination furnish the means of satisfying itself ; an eternal uneasiness devours him , which nothing but HOPE can satisfy . Though frequently unhappy in his projects , yet man is very eagerly bent upon them ; and even the misfortune of having failed therein doe ' s for the most part serve him as a fresh motive to prosecute
them . This thirst , which he cannot quench , and which incessantly burns within him ; these desires always insatiable , and which he is never sure of satisfying , would be to him , no doubt , a terrible punishment , without the hope of success , with which he flatters himself , and which at least , renders him happy by the idea he fprms to himself , that he cannot fail of being so .
In fact , HOPE never leads him but through agreeable roads , even to the farther end , where it is forced to leave him ; it alone has the power of taking from him the sense of the present , when it is unpleasing , and of anticipating as present the happjr time to come , where it proposes to arrive . How distant soever the pleasing object be , PIOPE brings it nigh ; so that we enjoy a happiness while we hope for it : if we ' miss it , we still hope for it ; if w « = pome to possess it , we promise ourselves we shall always do so ,.