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As a distinguished example of such a class, the most prominent in the world, in fact, apart from a throne, Ninon de l'Enclos will peculiarly engage the attention of all who, whether for knowledge or amusement, are observers of human nature under all its varieties and circumstances.
I have written to M. Morelli, and if I find in him the skill you say, I shall consider him a true physician. Saint-Evremond to Ninon de l'Enclos Superiority of the Pleasures of the Stomach I have never read a letter which contained so much common sense as your last one. You eulogize the stomach so highly, that it would be shameful to possess an intelligent mind without also having a good stomach.
She fortified him with her counsel, which he prayed her to give him, and left him a thousand francs in her will to buy books. Voltaire attempted to earn the money by ridiculing the memory of his benefactress. At the age of ninety years, Mademoiselle de l'Enclos grew feebler every day, and felt that death would not be long coming.
MADAME DE MAINTENON. Yes, really, I assure you. NINON DE L'ENCLOS. A departure? An absolute retreat? Oh, it is too much! Does she wish you, then, to resign your office? MADAME DE MAINTINON. I cannot but think so, mademoiselle. NINON DE L'ENCLOS. Speaking personally, and for my private satisfaction, I should be enchanted to see you quit the Court and return to society. Society is your element.
There is the world is it not mine? Mrs. Lamar? Ugh! Pardon me, my friend, but it is an ugly name. "You know my ancestors? De L'Enclos, Montalais, Maintenon, La Marana! They were happy in their way and they were great. I must do nothing unworthy of them. Set your mind at rest, Mr. Lamar; but, really, you should have known better you who have seen the world and Le Mire in Paris!
Leontium was an Athenian woman who became celebrated for her taste for philosophy, particularly for that of Epicurus, and for her close intimacy with the great men of Athens. She lived during the third century before the Christian era, and her mode of life was similar to that of Mademoiselle de l'Enclos.
To-day, when their first education is completed, and his Majesty has recompensed me with the gift of the Maintenon estate, the Marquise pretends that my role is finished, that I was wrong to let myself be made lady in waiting, and that the recognition due to her imposes an obligation on me to obey her in everything, and withdraw from this neighbourhood. NINON DE L'ENCLOS. Absolutely
Here he renewed his acquaintance with many old friends, among them the Duchess of Somerset, who told him that she had known his father well twenty-five years before. The prince, who has been described as a male Ninon de L'Enclos, was naturally delighted at being mistaken for his own son.
Look at that picture, though I know 'tis but a bad one, and that stupid vapouring Kneller could not paint my eyes, nor my hair, nor my complexion. What a shape I had then and look at me now, and this wrinkled old neck! Why have we such a short time of our beauty? I remember Mademoiselle de l'Enclos at a much greater age than mine, quite fresh and well-conserved. We can't hide our ages.
Mademoiselle de l'Enclos, trimming her pen with her trusty knife, wrote to the lady in waiting an agreeable and polished letter, one of those letters, careful without stiffness, that one writes, indulging oneself a little with the intention of getting oneself read. The letter of solicitation seemed so pretty to the lady in waiting that she made the King peruse it.
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