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In charity no one gave more liberally or with a worse grace. For the fine arts, and especially for the belles-lettres, he entertained a profound contempt. With this he had been inspired by Casimir Perier, whose pert little query "A quoi un poete est il bon?" he was in the habit of quoting, with a very droll pronunciation, as the ne plus ultra of logical wit.
He was the son of M. de Saint-Aignan, who with honour and valour was truly romantic in gallantry, in belles-lettres, and in arms. He was Captain of the Guards of Gaston, and at the end of 1649 bought of the Duc de Liancourt the post of first-gentleman of the King's chamber. He commanded afterwards in Berry against the party of M. le Prince, and served elsewhere subsequently.
LITERATURE IN AMERICA: POEMS AND TALES. The period which we are now considering witnessed a gratifying development of belles-lettres and historical literature in the United States. At the outset, two writers appeared who acquired a transatlantic fame. It had been preceded by Knickerbocker's History of New York and other humorous publications.
Scriptores de Re Militari. Caesar's Commentaries. French translation, by De Crisse. Des Claison's History of Alexander and Caesar. D'Orleans' History of Revolutions in England and Spain. Marshal Saxe's Military Reveries. Guischard's Military Memoirs of the Greeks and Romans. Herodotus. Le Bean's Memoirs of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres. Lloyd's Military and Political Memoirs.
He was the son of M. de Saint-Aignan, who with honour and valour was truly romantic in gallantry, in belles-lettres, and in arms. He was Captain of the Guards of Gaston, and at the end of 1649 bought of the Duc de Liancourt the post of first-gentleman of the King's chamber. He commanded afterwards in Berry against the party of M. le Prince, and served elsewhere subsequently.
They pay very well indeed for literature; they pay from five or six dollars a thousand words for the work of the unknown writer, to a hundred and fifty dollars a thousand words for that of the most famous, or the most popular, if there is a difference between fame and popularity; but they do not, altogether, want enough literature to justify the best business talent in devoting itself to belles-lettres, to fiction, or poetry, or humorous sketches of travel, or light essays; business talent can do far better in drygoods, groceries, drugs, stocks, real estate, railroads, and the like.
In 1805 he was appointed professor of rhetoric and belles-lettres at Harvard College, and accepted on condition that he should be permitted to attend to his Senatorial duties. He offended the Federalists by supporting Jefferson's embargo act, which was passed in December, 1807, and thus became connected with the Democratic party.
"I got the first premium in belles-lettres, aunt; and it was Hallam's 'History of Literature. And I got the first in languages, which was Irving's 'Life of Washington' two very valuable works, Aunt Hannah, that will be treasures to me all my life." "Why do you sigh so heavily, my boy? are you so tired as all that?
These are literary artists; and it ought to be plain from what I am saying that in belles-lettres, at least, most of the best literature now first sees the light in the magazines, and most of the second-best appears first in book form.
... One feels a warm sympathy, of course, for Gorky's letter about the Kishinev pogrom, as one does for everything he writes; the letter is not written though, but put together, there is neither youthfulness in it nor confidence, like Tolstoy's. July 1, 1903. You are reading belles-lettres now, so read Veresaev's stories. Begin with a little story in the second volume called "Lizar."
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