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The little book should be read for its intrinsic worth, its delightful style, its faithful delineation of character, and its earnestness of moral purpose. Mme. de La Fayette died in 1693. During her last years ill health and sorrow had forced upon her an almost absolute seclusion, and she died forgotten by all except a few faithful friends. The place of her burial is unknown.
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O, tell us, tell us, where to go! "Dear mother died a week ago, And Robbie cries for her all day. We want to go where mother is, Is Heaven so very far away?" O, plaint of little sorrowing hearts! Earth's universal cry is this, That you' ve so learned to ask: Who knows, who knows, where Heaven is? Poor little seekers after Heaven! Poor little waifs on life's bleak shore!
He died at Annecy, June 25, 1585. Brantôme says of him: "C'étoit un très-beau prince et de très-bonne grâce, brave et vaillant, aimable et accostable, bien disant, bien écrivant autant en rime qu'en prose; s'habillant des mieux.
He died on December 16, 1560, "aussi mal content de cette dame qu'elle de lui," says Brantôme naïvely. The Low-Latin is vice-dominus. Jacques de Savoie, Duke of Nemours, was born at the Abbey of Vaulinsant in Champagne.
We know how deep and lasting was the grief of Mme. de La Fayette for the loss of the man with whose life her own had been so long and so closely united. On March 17th, 1680, Mme. de Sévigné writes: "M. de La Rochefoucauld died last night. When again will poor Mme. de La Fayette find such a friend, such kindness, such consideration for her and her son?
In 1851 the French Academy awarded him a prize for his work "Un Philosophe sous les Toits." In 1853 he was invited by Vinet to visit Switzerland in order to deliver a series of popular lectures on literature, which were received with great favor. Soon after his return to Paris he died, July 5, 1854.
Abandoned by all her friends, she retreated to Anet, where she died in 1566. CHEZ LES REINES, in the apartments of Catherine de Medici and of Mary Stuart. 2. AUX ASSEMBL
She was promised in marriage to Edward VI. of England, but the latter died before attaining his majority. Philip II. of Spain sought her as a match for his son, Don Carlos; but in the meantime his wife, Mary of England, died, and he demanded and obtained the princess for himself.
"Ce prince," says Brantôme, "qui s'appelloit Jacques de Clèves, bien qu'il fût de faible habitude, si promettoit-il beaucoup de soi, car il avoit en lui beaucoup de vertu." He died in 1564. Francis of Vendôme, Vidame of Chartres, Prince of Chabanois, was one of the most distinguished courtiers of his time.
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