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When the young princess had become the sister-in-law of the King and the idol of the young Court, she remained steadfast in her love for the friend who had cheered her lonely convent life; and thus Mme. de La Fayette came at the age of thirty to be one of the company that gathered around Madame at Fontainebleau and Saint-Cloud, "spectatrice plutôt qu'agissante," says Sainte-Beuve.
But her society was still much sought after; for a notice of her death in the Mercure galant, tells us that when she could no longer go to the Court, the Court might be said to have come to her.
If the rich Carrack, that creeps o'er the tide, Pisombo, Pisombo! were offered to me My own loved bark, would I take her for thee?
"We find now and then," says La Bruyère, "a woman who has so obliterated her husband that there is in the world no mention of him, and whether he is alive or whether he is dead is equally uncertain." Doubtless her husband discovered as did many of her friends that Mme. de La Fayette was a woman whose personality overshadowed everything around her.
The young ruler died on December 5, 1560. The agitation of the Court was so great that neither his mother nor any of his family paid him the last duties, and his body was borne to St. Denis accompanied only by two noblemen and the Bishop of Senlis. She was the daughter of Lorenzo de Medici and the niece of Pope Clement VII. Her marriage with Henry II. took place at Marseille, October 28, 1533.
.... A faint shadow of uncertain light, Such as a lamp whose life doth fade away, Doth lend to her who walks in fear and sad affright. Seule dans une terre étrangère, avec un enfant qui a atteint l'âge où il n'est plus permis de retarder l'éducation, j'ai éprouvé une sorte de douceur
It is interesting, however, to read a letter of hers touching this point, for it shows, apart from other things, what opinion her contemporaries had of her masterpiece. As for me, I am flattered at being suspected, and I think I should acknowledge the book if I were sure that the author would never claim it of me.
Renown like Fortune is a fickle dame, Nor lights her halo up on ev'ry brow. And yet who is there would not feel her flame! E'en I myself sometimes would, I avow: And should not like to see Oblivion's finger One day snuff out what might around me linger.
He had overheard the conversations between the lovers in regard to the tulip. He had made a pass-key that unlocked the door of Rosa's room, and after making all preparations for his journey had waited for the flower to bloom. While Rosa was carrying the letter to the boatman, he had entered her room and stolen the flower.
«La veille de Noël, dit M. Virmaître, tout Londres est illuminé. Les boutiques des bouchers surtout sont resplendissantes de lumières; on y voit des boeufs dépouillés, couchés tout entiers sur des tréteaux, avec des becs de gaz dans le mufle.» On lit assez souvent au-dessus d'eux ces mots-réclame: brought up by Her Majesty (élevé par Sa Majesté la Reine). En effet, la Reine Victoria faisait paître des troupeaux
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