Sublime

ST. FRANCIS OF PAOLA (d. 1507),

It was a tribute to Léon de Valmy’s rather overwhelming personality that my own first impression had nothing to do with his crippled state; it was merely that this was the handsomest man I had ever seen. My experience, admittedly, had not been large, but in any company he would have been conspicuous. The years had only added to his extraordinary go

Il fut donc, selon le mot du plus spirituel et du plus habile de nos diplomates, un des cinq cents fidèles serviteurs qui partagèrent l'exil de la cour à Gand, et l'un des cinquante mille qui en revinrent.