In the end, Madame de Montespan triumphed, and disposed of the master and his Court with an eclat that knew no veil; and in order that nothing should be wanting to complete the licence of this life, M.
He was one of those persons who are equally close and adventurous; who love the eclat of a little speculation, but take exceeding good care that it should be, in their own graceful phrase, "on the safe side of the hedge.
Furthermore will the above correspondence testify the general eclat of Madame la Meronville's attachment, and the construction naturally put upon it.
A piece of eclat caught our man in the arm, making a slight flesh wound and leaving a piece of wood in it.
The hole is about three feet deep and very narrow, the eclat spreading in all directions.
Your News Papers are silent upon every Subject of Importance but the Description of a Feast, or the Eclat of some Great Man.
Mr Ds political Friends, some of whom I suppose are in Boston, are disposd to give him great Eclat on Account of the Aid afforded us in sending this Squadron.
The country was overtaxed, and though the new reign was brightened by the eclat of the victory of Recroy, at which the young Duke of Enghien, afterwards the great Conde, won his reputation, yet the war with Spain was a terrible burden.
There was, in the day I now refer to, a certain house in Chesterfield Street, Mayfair, which few young men anxious for the eclat of society passed without a wish for the acquaintance of the inmate.
Thus the genius of Godolphin had drawn around him an eclat which made even the haughtiest willing to receive and to repay his notice; and Lady Margaret actually blushed with pleasure when he asked her to dance.
The celebrity of the university in which he taught, and the vast number of his pupils, contributed to spread this theory into every part of the world, and to give it an eclat which is really surprising, when we consider it with attention.
It was along here somewhere that we first came across genuine and unmistakable alkali water in the road, and we cordially hailed it as a first-class curiosity, and a thing to be mentioned with eclat in letters to the ignorant at home.
It is true, this rendezvous, if it should result peacefully and without the eclat which you hoped for when you came hither to play the part of Judith, would discredit you with your friends!
In order to complete the system, there might be erected upon the Eclat shoal an ironclad fort like that which defends the entrance of Portsmouth.
These gentlemen advised the erection of two dikes, one on the Eclat shoal in the very axis of this reef, and the other at Heve.
Moreover, upon the emergent parts of the Eclat reef and heights of the roadstead he proposed to erect two forts.
As we have already seen, the use of these between Cape Heve and the Eclat shoals had already been proposed in 1845.
As it was directed that it should take place in the most public manner possible, the high Chinese officers were invited to attend, and every preparation was made to give eclat to the proceedings.
When an eclat cannot be avoided, it is preferable to give people at once an actual event to talk about.
The vanity and frivolity which the eclat thrown upon this affair has called forth has done us unmitigated harm, and has brought mischief on (perhaps) one of the most promising enterprises that ever set sail from England.
I do not affect indifference to real sympathy, but I have felt painfully, the more painfully since I have had time to hear of it, the eclat which has been given to this adventure.
The King would have sent her into exile, had he listened only to his resentment; but he feared the eclat of such a proceeding, and he knew that she would only be the more malicious.
The Queen, to enable her friend to support her station with all theeclat suitable to its dignity, took care to supply ample means from her own private purse.
What a man does within the range of his family connections does not carry with it that eclat which invests a munificence exhibited on public occasions.
If you grant that reprieve, our connection can thus close without the eclat and noise which may be invidious to you, as it would be disagreeable to me.
About three o'clock we were informed with great eclat that "His Excellency the Egregious Lord X--" did us the honor to await us.
Several of these fine edifices have been constructed for an entertainment; they were destined to add to the eclat of a day, and the rich manner in which they were decorated has made them last up to this period of universal destruction.
The discovery of the lymphatic vessels and their purpose was scarcely less remarkable than that of the circulation, though marked by less eclat because it was not the work of one man, but a matter of slow development.
The eclat which the Moorish caliphs shed upon Spain from the tenth to the thirteenth century is well known.
The eclat of such a life would constitute the vengeance of Camors, and force to repent bitterly those who had dared to misunderstand him.
Do not forget that this virtue is one of the most beautiful ornaments of your sex, and that when woman is deprived of it she is like a faded flower, without eclat or perfume.
In spite of the prudent warnings of her friends, the happy princess could not forego the eclat of a grand wedding, and before the hasty arrangements were concluded, the permission was withdrawn.
