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  • She also undertook some translating, from the French, Necker's Of the Importance of Religious Opinions (1788) and from the German, Salzmann's Elements of Morality (1790-1791) and became a reviewer for Johnson's Analytical Review.

    Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) 2008

  • Necker's highly visible success has given rise to a spate of similar resorts.

    Most Expensive Resorts 2006 2006

  • Monsieur Necker's report, Mr. Jefferson hurried Mr. Calvert -- Mr. Morris had been carried off by Madame de Flahaut, to the great discomfiture of

    Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe

  • Necker's conduct in this case was, in my humble opinion, as impolitic as that of a man who, after telling his friends that he is ruined past redemption, asks for a loan of money.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • It was at one of these numerous pleasure-parties with which Paris sought to banish care and anxiety that Mr. Calvert and Mr. Morris first heard the astounding news of Necker's dismissal, which woke the city from its false trance of security.

    Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe

  • Necker's cordiality was above reproach, and it was with elaborate politeness that he presented the Americans to Madame Necker.

    Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe

  • Prince of the blood and a friend of the people, ordered the bust to be taken to the Palais Royal, where it was washed, crowned with laurel, and thence, with Necker's own bust, carried to Versailles.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • It was Necker's error to have gone so directly to the point with the lawyers that they at once saw his scope; and thus he himself defeated his hopes of their support, the want of which utterly baffled all his speculations.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • "He appeared very calm," says Madame de Staël, Necker's observant daughter.

    The Story of Versailles Francis Loring Payne

  • So long and so frequently interrupted by applause was Necker's report that it was after four o'clock when the King rose to dismiss the

    Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe

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