"Geneva" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... explosion. Voltaire fled from Prussia, giving to the world before he did so one of the most amusing jeux d'esprit ever written—the celebrated Diatribe du Docteur Akakia—and, after some hesitation, settled down near the Lake of Geneva. A few years later he moved into the chateau of Ferney, which became henceforward ...
— Landmarks in French Literature • G. Lytton Strachey
... what's new we have express'd In rhyming verse, distinguish'd from the rest; That as the Rhone its hasty way does make (Not mingling waters) through Geneva's lake, So having here the different styles in view, You may compare the ...
— Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham • Edmund Waller; John Denham
... and his wife, Sophie Albertine Rollaz, he was born in the city of Geneva on January 29, 1761, and was baptized by the name of Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin. The name Abraham he received from his grandfather, but it was early dropped, and he was always known by his matronymic Albert. ...
— Albert Gallatin - American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII • John Austin Stevens
... that I have lived for a long time in Geneva. A whole quarter of that town, on account of many Russians residing there, is called La Petite Russie—Little Russia. I had a rather extensive connexion in Little Russia at that time. Yet I confess that I have no comprehension of the Russian character. ...
— Under Western Eyes • Joseph Conrad
... an unfortunate national movement, and only escaped execution by flight. He lived afterwards at Geneva. It was there ...
— The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood • Arthur Griffiths
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