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Updated: July 21, 2025
The elite of Parisian society were present on the occasion, including Ampere, Nizard, Burnouf, Ballanche, Villemain, and many distinguished personages of literary celebrity. A word as to Jasmin's distinguished entertainer, M. Augustin Thierry.
The style of these writers is simple and manly, and no opinions of their own shine through their statements. The chief representatives of this class, who regard Sir Walter Scott as their master, are Thierry, Villemain, Barante, and in historical sketches and novels, Dumas and De Vigny.
In history some writers, as Villemain, are remarkable for their power of descriptive narrative; others, like Guizot, for their breadth of philosophical reflection, superadded to deep researches. Some, like Augustin Thierry, in his work on the Middle Ages, combined both elements.
While I strolled about the waiting room, conversing with M. Villemain about Cracow, the Vienna treaties and the frontier of the Rhine, I could hear the buzzing of the groups around me, and scraps of conversation reached my ears. BARON PEDRE LACAZE. He is getting old. VISCOUNT CAVAIGNAC. Sixty-nine years! MARQUIS DR RAIGECOURT. Who is the dean of the Chamber of Peers at present?
Villemain was a peer of France, an aristocrat from his connections with high society, but a liberal from his love of popularity. He was one of the greatest writers of this period, both in history and philosophy, and an advocate of Polish independence.
This filled us with the utmost thankfulness on poor Lehrs' account, and we looked on the incident almost as a miracle. We could not help assuming, however, that M. Villemain had been influenced by Didot, who had been prompted by his own guilty conscience for his despicable exploitation of Lehrs, and by the prospect of thus relieving himself of the responsibility of helping him.
The language has been moving since the first day of its formation; can it be said to be deteriorating? Movement is life; decadence is death. M. COUSIN. The decadence of the French language began in 1789. MYSELF. At what hour, if you please? October 8, 1844. This is what was told to me at to-day's session: Salvandy recently dined with Villemain.
His own admiration was not always very enlightened or scientific, but it was prompted by a generous spirit, and a heart really glowing with the love of the beautiful. He was the Villemain of the Catholic school, and M. Villemain was the friend whom he loved and appreciated the most among laymen.
In the month of January, 1819, he passed his examinations in law. During these three years the life of Honore de Balzac had been extremely laborious. He faithfully attended the law school courses and copied legal and notarial documents. Yet all this did not prevent him from satisfying his literary tastes by attending the lectures given at the Sorbonne by Villemain, Guizot and Cousin.
Neither Thiers nor Guizot formed part of Soult's cabinet, on account of their mutual jealousies and undisguised ambition, both aspiring to lead, and unwilling to accept any office short of the premiership. Another great man now came into public notice. This was Villemain, who was made Minister of Public Instruction, a post which Guizot had previously filled.
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