Nancy Mitford Quotes

They Could Not Help Loving Anything That Made Them Laugh. The Lisbon Earthquake Was "embarrassing To The Physicists And Humiliating To Theologians" (Barbier). It Robbed Voltaire Of His Optimism. In The Huge Waves Which Engulfed The Town, In The Chasms Which Opened Underneath It, In Volcanic Flames Which Raged For Days In The Outskirts, Some 50,000 People Perished. But To The Courtiers Of Louis XV It Was An Enormous Joke. M. De Baschi, Madame De Pompadour's Brother-in-law, Was French Ambassador There At The Time. He Saw The Spanish Ambassador Killed By The Arms Of Spain, Which Toppled Onto His Head From The Portico Of His Embassy; Baschi Then Dashed Into The House And Rescued His Colleague's Little Boy Whom He Took, With His Own Family, To The Country. When He Got Back To Versailles He Kept The Whole Court In Roars Of Laughter For A Week With His Account Of It All. "Have You Heard Baschi On The Earthquake?

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