Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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George Seton. Madame de Sévigné's Letters . 33 speaking and writing what men of wit and taste would desire to hear and read , gives a certain mannerism , I will not say air of effort , even to the letters of Madame de Sévigné . . . . Her ...
George Seton. Madame de Sévigné's Letters . 33 speaking and writing what men of wit and taste would desire to hear and read , gives a certain mannerism , I will not say air of effort , even to the letters of Madame de Sévigné . . . . Her ...
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... Madame de Sévigné died in 1696 , in the 71st year of her age . One of the letters which she addressed to M. de Coulanges respecting the projected marriage between de Lauzun and the great Mademoiselle , ' may be given as a specimen of ...
... Madame de Sévigné died in 1696 , in the 71st year of her age . One of the letters which she addressed to M. de Coulanges respecting the projected marriage between de Lauzun and the great Mademoiselle , ' may be given as a specimen of ...
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... Madame de Coulanges says this should not be difficult to find out . ' Tis Mme . la Vallière : not at all , madam ; then ' tis Mlle . de Retz : nothing of the kind - you are shockingly provincial . Ah , really how silly of us , say you ...
... Madame de Coulanges says this should not be difficult to find out . ' Tis Mme . la Vallière : not at all , madam ; then ' tis Mlle . de Retz : nothing of the kind - you are shockingly provincial . Ah , really how silly of us , say you ...
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George Seton. 36 Joseph Foubert . Rousseau , Madame de Maintenon , Madame de Villars , Madame du Deffand , Fontenelle , La Harpe , and Racine . The special characteristics of Fontenelle are liveliness and imagination ; of La Harpe ...
George Seton. 36 Joseph Foubert . Rousseau , Madame de Maintenon , Madame de Villars , Madame du Deffand , Fontenelle , La Harpe , and Racine . The special characteristics of Fontenelle are liveliness and imagination ; of La Harpe ...
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... Madame Bettina von Arnim ( Paris , 1843 ) , Schiller's correspondence with 1 The admirable letters of another distinguished Frenchman of the present century , who died at an early age , have lately been given to the public ...
... Madame Bettina von Arnim ( Paris , 1843 ) , Schiller's correspondence with 1 The admirable letters of another distinguished Frenchman of the present century , who died at an early age , have lately been given to the public ...
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