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Updated: June 19, 2025
".... Not with the Miltons and Grays, not with the Platos and Spinozas, not with the Swifts and Voltaires, not with the Montaignes and Addisons, can we rank Emerson. No man could see this clearer than Emerson himself. 'Alas, my friend, he writes in reply to Carlyle, who had exhorted him to creative work, 'Alas, my friend, I can do no such gay thing as you say.
When we meet at her home, or amidst the quiet yet brilliant society which is gathered round Madame de Ventadour or the Montaignes, with whom she is an especial favourite; when we converse; when I sit by her, and her soft eyes meet mine, I feel not the disparity of years; my heart speaks to her, and that is youthful still!
When we meet at her home, or amidst the quiet yet brilliant society which is gathered round Madame de Ventadour or the Montaignes, with whom she is an especial favourite; when we converse; when I sit by her, and her soft eyes meet mine, I feel not the disparity of years; my heart speaks to her, and that is youthful still!
It was early noon, the day after he had formed his acquaintance with the De Montaignes, that Maltravers sat in his favourite room; the one he had selected for his study from the many chambers of his large and solitary habitation.
It was early noon, the day after he had formed his acquaintance with the De Montaignes, that Maltravers sat in his favourite room; the one he had selected for his study from the many chambers of his large and solitary habitation.
The thought that Cleveland the dear, kind gentle guardian of his youth had been near unto death, that he might never more have hung upon that fostering hand, nor replied to that paternal voice, smote Ernest with terror and remorse. He resolved instantly to return to England, and made his preparations accordingly. He went to take leave of the De Montaignes.
"Yes; but you desire to go behind the scenes; and he who once grows familiar with the green-room, longs to be an actor." With Madame de Ventadour and the De Montaignes Maltravers passed the chief part of his time.
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