 | 1857 - 448 pagina’s
...not only in face but in manners. She half boiled her thigh one day in the Seine, near Fontainbleau, where she was bathing. The river was too cold ; she...squat herself under a couch, and make all her servants lie above, one upon the other, so that if the thunderbolt fell it mightbave its effect upon them before... | |
 | 1868 - 450 pagina’s
...not only in face but in manners. She half boiled her thigh one day in the Seine, near Fontainbleau, where she was bathing. The river was too cold ; she...reaching her before it could grow cold, scalded her BO much that she was forced to keep her bed. When it thundered she used to squat herself under a couch,... | |
 | Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon - 1891 - 424 pagina’s
...for they had married two sisters; but when put right had not given the favour. Madame de Saint-Herem was the most singular creature in the world, not only...squat herself under a couch and make all her servants lie above, one upon the other, so that if the thunderbolt fell, it might have its effect upon them... | |
 | Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon - 1901 - 450 pagina’s
...for they had married two sisters; but when put right had not given the favor. Madame de Saint-Herem was the most singular creature in the world, not only...squat herself under a couch and make all her servants lie above, one upon the other, so that if the thunderbolt fell, it might have its effect upon them... | |
 | Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon - 1910 - 516 pagina’s
...for they had married two sisters; but when put right had not given the favour. Madame de Saint-Herem was the most singular creature in the world, not only...squat herself under a couch and make all her servants lie above, one upon the other, so that if the thunderbolt fell, it might have its effect upon them... | |
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Fontainebleau, where she was bathing. The river was too cold; she wished to warm it, and had a quantity of water heated and thrown into the stream just above her. The water reaching her before it could grow cold, scalded her so much that she was forced... 