 I remember well, that when I went to the echo at Pont-Charenton, there was an old Parisian, that took it to be the work of spirits, and of good spirits. For...  Essay on Irish Bulls - Page 25by Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - 1803 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1801 - 446 pages
...by the walls of a ruined church, at Pont Charcmon, near Paris ; where there was an old Parisian who took it to be the work of spirits, and of good spirits ; ' for,' said he, ' if you call Satan, the echo will not deliver back the Devil's name, but will say vat'en, which signifies... | |
 | George Holmes - Ireland - 1801 - 238 pages
...by the walls of a ruined church, at Pont Charenton, near Paris ; where there was an old Parisian who took it to be the work of spirits, and of good spirits ; ' for,' said he, ' if you call, Satan, the echo will not deliver back the Devil's name, but will say vat en, which signifies... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 368 pages
...Pont-Charenton, there was an old Parisian, who took it to be the •work of good spirits ; for, said he, call out Satan, and the echo will not deliver back the devil's name ; but cries va te'n, which, in French, is begone : and thereby I found that an echo would not return S ;... | |
 | 1816 - 566 pages
...Parisian inferred that it must be the agency of good spirits; "for," said he, " if you call Satan, the echo will not deliver back the devil's name, but will say va-t'en, which signifies, avoid." More extravagant were the ancients, who, yielding the dominion of... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...well, that when I went to the echo at Pont-Charenton, there was an old Parisian, that took it to be work of spirits, and of good spirits. For, said he,...not deliver back the devil's name ; but will say, -ca t'en ; which is as much in French as apagc, or avoid. And thereby I did hap to find, that an echo... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...works of the great lord Verulam.* " 1 remember well," says this father of philosophy, " that when 1 went to the echo at port Charenton, there was an old...will say, ' Va t'en.'" The Parisian echo is surely superior to the Hibernian ! Paddy Blake's simply understood and practised the common rules of good... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 642 pages
...well, that when I went to the echo at Pont-Charenton, there was an old Parisian, that took it to be work of spirits, and of good spirits. For, said he,...not deliver back the devil's name ; but will say, va fen ; which is as much in French as apage, or avoid. And thereby I did hap to find, that an echo would... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 370 pages
...echo of Paddy Blake's, which has long been the admiration of the world, is not a prodigy unique in its kind ; it can be matched by one recorded in the immortal...spirits, and of good spirits ; ' for,' said he, ' call * Natural History, century in. p. 191 — Bacon produces it to "//«•„•, that echoes will not... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...well, that when I went to the echo at Pont-Charenton, there was an old Parisian, that took it to be work of spirits, and of good spirits. For, said he,...deliver back- the devil's name ; but will say, " va t'en ;" which is as much in French as "apage," or avoid. And thereby I did hap to find, that an echo would... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Law - 1826 - 554 pages
...well, that when I went to the echo at Pont-Charenton, there was an old Parisian, that took it to be work of spirits, and of good spirits. For, said he,...deliver back the devil's name ; but will say, " va t'en ; which is as much in French as " apage,'' or avoid. And thereby I did hap to find, that an echo would... | |
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