 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1867 - 538 страници
...demanded of her a miracle in attestation of her mission. She replied, ' I have not come to Poictiers to work miracles. Take me to Orleans, and I will show you the sign for which I am sent. Let the king give me men-at-arms, as few as he pleases, and I will go.' They... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1908 - 420 страници
...Se"guin then asked, " What language does the Voice speak?" Uniformly courteous as she was, the absurdity of the professorial query broke down her politeness....Paris would come into his allegiance. Lastly, the Duc d'Orleans would return from England. Se"guin had seen, by 1456, but Jeanne only foresaw the fulfilment... | |
 | 1909 - 726 страници
...Poitiers and came forth triumphant. She made no mystery about herself. "In God's name," she cried, "I did not come to Poitiers to work miracles ! Take...of my sending; give me few men or many, and I go." These are not the words of a béguine. She knew precisely what she wanted to do and how to do it. Finally... | |
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I did not come to Poitiers to work miracles! Take me to Orleans, and I will show you the signs of my sending; give me few men or many, and I go. 