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Everything characteristic of Verlaine was expressed in these adorable verses of the Fetes Galantes: Le soir tombait, un soir equivoque d'automne, Les belles se pendant reveuses a nos bras, Dirent alors des mots si specieux tout bas, Que notre ame depuis ce temps tremble et s'etonne
All Paris knew his verses in which he did not conceal his ardent love for Ninon, and in which were expressed the highest admiration for her estimable qualities and the depth of her philosophy. He now proceeded to take back everything good he had said about her and made fun of her love, her friendship, and her attainments. He ridiculed her in every possible manner, even charging up against her beauty, her age. A verse or so will enable the reader to understand his methods: "Il ne faut pas qu'on s'étonne, Si souvent elle raisonne De la sublime vertu Dont Platon fut revêtu: Car
A correspondent of The Gentleman's Magazine, who subscribes himself SCIOLUS, to whom I am indebted for several excellent remarks, observes, 'The turn of Dr. "On s'étonne ici que Caliste Ait pris l'habit de Moliniste. Puisque cette jeune beauté Ote
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