 Son esprit est partout et son coeur est ici" (His spirit is everywhere, his heart is here). And over this, "Mes manes sont consoles, puisque mon coeur est au milieu de vous" (My shades are comforted, for my heart is amongst you). On the walls hang several...  Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home - Page 231by Catharine Maria Sedgwick - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Bowdler - France - 1815 - 176 pages
...marks its place: Son Esprit est partout, son Crtur est ici. Above the whole are these lines : — « Mes Manes sont consoles, Puisque mon Coeur est au milieu de vous. I was, however, informed, by the servant who shews the house, that Voltaire's heart is no longer at... | |
 | John Milford - Europe - 1818 - 398 pages
...is his bust. In another part of the building are these words, written over one of the doors, . . " Mes manes sont consoles puisque mon coeur est au milieu de vous." In my conversation with the Genevese I remarked a great deal of independence and republican spirit.... | |
 | Richard Duppa - Architecture - 1829 - 560 pages
...deposited in a vase in this monument. Over the recess where the monument is placed is this inscription : Mes manes sont consoles Puisque mon coeur Est au milieu de vous. The man who first made the dead speak to the living was applauded, not for sense but for novelty ;... | |
 | mrs. Dalkeith Holmes - 1842 - 830 pages
...bust, with the inscription, " Son esprit est partout, mais son cceur est ici ;" above is written, " Mes manes sont consoles, puisque mon coeur est au milieu de vous." You know the intention was frustrated, as his heart is at the Pantheon in Paris. In the same room are... | |
 | William Chambers - Switzerland - 1842 - 102 pages
...designed to form a sarcophagus to hold the heart of the philosopher, and bearing the inscription — " Mes manes sont consoles, puisque mon coeur est au milieu de vous." — (My manes are consoled, since my heart is in the midst of you.) Underneath is another inscription... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, George Stillman Hilliard - English literature - 1842 - 364 pages
...Marquise de Vilette, intended to be the repository of his heart, bearing the following inscription, — " Mes manes sont consoles puisque mon coeur est au milieu de vous." Our next visit was to the garden. The department of plants and flowers was in a condition of neglect,... | |
 | John Calvin Stockbridge - 1872 - 418 pages
...the " mausolee pyramidal," which contains the heart of Voltaire. Over the monument are the words, " Mes manes sont consoles, puisque mon coeur est au milieu de vous." Below is the inscription, " Son esprit est partout, et son co3ur est ici." There were busts, portraits,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1924 - 566 pages
...correct, the second inscription, the exact words of •which Mariana Starke could not recall, was ' Mes manes sont consoles, puisque mon coeur est au milieu de vous." In what I have written Ferney means Voltaire's villa at Ferney. ROBEET PlEHPOINT. GERALD AUNGIER OF... | |
 | John Gustavus Lemaistre - Anglo-French War, 1793-1802 - 1806 - 472 pages
...of the pictures and inscriptions which it contains. In his bedchamber, on the wall, is written — " Mes manes sont consoles, puisque mon coeur Est au milieu de vous*." ( * " My manes are consoled, since my heart remains among you." "Under this inscription stood formerly... | |
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