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370 MADAME DE LAMARTINE.
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likeness felt—spoke in as difference lie did , which and almost existed wro hetween te a similar them hand would . The be
, , hibi an in ted teresting - the sam * critical e heart stu -eloquence dy . In her and correspondence simplicity of she diction ex- .
was Her sty tender le varied with with another the p decided erson she but addressed in her ; most with vi one she gorous
advice she , mingled sweetness , and ; made duty seem to smile . rosi some Some tt day day o le , , t perhaps perhaps the public , , her her benefit le in tters tim ate will tha friends be t jus collected t and will upri have and ht published the intellect gene- ; .
her t that houg le y good h tt t jus reflec t sense ifiable t , that on noble their affectionate par and t , happ were animation il it - known ifted . nature how g It comp would She let ex el be y - ,
yg . bride celled , sur like le Madame con . " de Sevigne— " a laisser trotter sa plume la
By means of these letters a reader might follow the whole the literary most movement brilliant quarter of the of last the thir century ty years . Madam —that e is de to Lamar say , of
t of t houg ine doing , who h she so did was ; no bu t in t herself terested she preferred write in all for the that the seclusion p went ublic on , was of Innumerable her well fireside capable ,
. and quotations justness mi of ght her be observation made from her but letter to full s , showin feel g their the vivacity beauty
these letters should be read in their ; entirety y . If the subject is , Madame de Lamartine is also seriousif it is romantic
, mos heroine grave she t becomes , powerful me p lai iquante t of : elle French and meurt livel novel y d . ' amour Thus writers a she , uaran ; " said Monsieur t to e ans one , of votre c ' the est ,
beau de mourir p d ' un de soleil . " q She was very kind coup and attentive to young th authors , intro t -
ducing them to her husband even when eir verses were no li wor ttl th e cheerin reading , attention that she mi She ght extended spare them her m protection ortification to " by les
g . inco But w hen s , les she reVeur met s de th province real et thf les ul malheureux talent she s incompris thised . " ympa
you h ear her tily , path and of did life her she bes ever t to develo made p those e it and happy bring whom it to she success met . .
In Genevihveher husband has devoted a few pages to the story Lamartine of Reine Garde the _^ story , the of poor her w dead orkwoman goldfinch Heine who as Garde told a mother M l adame aim mig du ht de
premier relate coeurs . the et coup ne loss cessa d ' of oeil her , s ' y de child attacha lui ; ecrire and par " une la ou conformite deux fois ' des chaque a bons
annee , pour lui envoy pas er des voeux , ou des souvenir renfermes dans In de her petits home ouvrages when she de sa received main . " her friendsshe exhibited
the same charming , simplicity ; she pleased every , body . For
370 Madame De Lamartine.
370 MADAME DE LAMARTINE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1864, page 370, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081864/page/10/
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