A French Volunteer of the War of Independence
A French Volunteer of the War of Independence
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A certain great personage, whom I will not name, may perhaps remember this incident, which is Digitized by Google OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
233 greatly to his honour. An emigre applied to him, in the name of Bouchard. " I can do nothing for Citizen Bouchard," was the reply, " but I will do all in my power for M. de Montmorenci." Anyhow, there I was in France, and when I arrived in Paris, I was as much under the shelter of the law as any in- habitant who had never quitted the coun- try, or med...dled in political events.
" His native land is dear to each true heart !
With what delight do I behold this spot." That is what nearly everyone feels, and nearly everyone says, — from Tancred to Potaveri, from the Frenchman to the Hot- tentot; — ^but I said nothing of the kind.
The ruling inclination in me, — ^it has been a slight fault of mine ever since I was twenty years of age, — ^is to indulge in a private chuckle, and so I admire very little, and I rarely blame, and though I do not laugh outright, I laugh in my beard, for I have seen so much that I have learned to estimate events at their proper value, and I praise no celebrity till after he is Digitized by Google 234 A FRENCH VOLUNTEER dead; — I have made so many mistakes in paying my tribute of admiration to a liv- ing celebrity.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A certain great personage, whom I will not name, may perhaps remember this incident, which is Digitized by Google OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
233 greatly to his honour. An emigre applied to him, in the name of Bouchard. " I can do nothing for Citizen Bouchard," was the reply, " but I will do all in my power for M. de Montmorenci." Anyhow, there I was in France, and when I arrived in Paris, I was as much under the shelter of the law as any in- habitant who had never quitted the coun- try, or med...dled in political events.
" His native land is dear to each true heart !
With what delight do I behold this spot." That is what nearly everyone feels, and nearly everyone says, — from Tancred to Potaveri, from the Frenchman to the Hot- tentot; — ^but I said nothing of the kind.
The ruling inclination in me, — ^it has been a slight fault of mine ever since I was twenty years of age, — ^is to indulge in a private chuckle, and so I admire very little, and I rarely blame, and though I do not laugh outright, I laugh in my beard, for I have seen so much that I have learned to estimate events at their proper value, and I praise no celebrity till after he is Digitized by Google 234 A FRENCH VOLUNTEER dead; — I have made so many mistakes in paying my tribute of admiration to a liv- ing celebrity.
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