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This unfortunate princess had passed her exiled youth in the convent of Chaillot; and Mme. de La Fayette, going thither on frequent visits to a kinswoman, was drawn into intimacy with the young girl, who must even then have given evidence of those charms which later made her brief reign at Court as brilliant as it was unhappy.

Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne) La Fayette - La Princesse De Clèves par Mme de La Fayette : Edited with Introduction and Notes

After the breaking-up of the Hôtel de Rambouillet, there were formed various smaller coteries, among which that of Mme. de La Fayette was by no means the least important. From her little circle of précieuses, Mme. de La Fayette was drawn to the Court of Louis XIV. chiefly through the friendship of "Madame," the Princess Henrietta of England.

Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne) La Fayette - La Princesse De Clèves par Mme de La Fayette : Edited with Introduction and Notes

This opinion of Mme. de La Vergne, however, rests mainly upon the testimony of Cardinal de Retz; and may it not be that Mme. de La Fayette has drawn for us the portrait of her mother in the person of Mme. de Chartres? If this be true, Mme. de La Vergne, vain and intriguing though she may have been, was not wholly unworthy of her daughter.

Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne) La Fayette - La Princesse De Clèves par Mme de La Fayette : Edited with Introduction and Notes

A Complete Collection of the Portraits and Caricatures, drawn and engraved by JOHN KAY. Edinburgh, From the Year, 1784 to 1813. Sermons, by HUGH BLAIR, etc., 4 vols. Printed for W. Creech. Edinburgh, 1798. Cette édition est la vingt et unième, ce qui peut donner une idée de la popularité de Blair.

Auguste Angellier - Robert Burns: Vol. II., Les Oeuvres

The Statistical Account of Scotland, drawn up from the communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes. By Sir JOHN SINCLAIR Bart. 21 vols, Edinburgh, Printed and sold by William Creech, 1791-99. Le rapport sur Air, qui se trouve dans le 1er volume est fait, par le Rev. Dr Dalrymphe et le Rev. Dr Mac Gill, dont on a vu les noms mêlés

Auguste Angellier - Robert Burns: Vol. II., Les Oeuvres

A Graphic and Historical Description of the City of Edinburgh, 2 vols. J. and H. Storer, London, 1822. A History of Edinburgh, from the Earliest Period, with brief notices of Eminent or Remarkable Individuals, by JOHN ANDERSON. A. Fullarton and Co, Edinburgh, 1856. Edinburgh Past and Present, its Associations and Surroundings. Drawn with Pen and Pencil, William Ballingal, 1877.

Auguste Angellier - Robert Burns: Vol. II., Les Oeuvres