A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817: With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris.; Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the SpotFellowes, W. D. (William Dorset)
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A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817: With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris.; Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot
Fellowes, W. D. (William Dorset)
Abbaye de la Trappe (Soligny-la-Trappe, France); France -- Description and travel
"Je parois devant l'Etre suprême en disant avec Voltaire: 'Un Bonze,
honnête homme, un Dervis, charitable, trouveront plutôt grâce à ses
yeux, qu'un Pontife ambitieux.'"
Then follows a Latin quotation, "All things are due to death, and
without delay, sooner or later, hasten to the same goal: Hither we all
tend: This is our last asylum".
"De tout les Pédants qui m'ont le plus tourmenté je compte surtout
Poir, son Jeannes et Veissier, qui sont la cause du vol que je fais à
la nature en tranchant moi même le fil de mes jours; je leur pardonne,
l'équité le fait aussi: Je n'ai cessé de répéter avec Rousseau avant
de mourir. 'Tu veux cesser de vivre, sais-tu si tu as commencé.'
"Adieu!!! Mortels et foiblesses! VILLEMAIN".]
Here conclude my notes, and if my reader has condescended to accompany
me through my little Tour without feeling fatigue or displeasure
at his "Compagnon de Voyage," my aim and ambition as an author are
satisfied--so wishing that all the journeys he may ever take, may
prove as delightful to him as this has been to me, I sincerely thank
him for his attention, and kindly bid him Farewell!
FINIS.
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