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Christian, the exiled king of Illyria, is detestably weak; Frédérique, his wife devoting herself completely to the interests of her son, Zara, struggles with the aid of the faithful preceptor, Méraut, to prepare the prince for a throne which he is never to ascend.
I am proud to be so presented to the great French people, whom I sincerely love and honour, and to be known and approved by whom must be an aspiration of every labourer in the Arts, for which France has done so much, and in which she has made herself renowned through the world. This is the only edition of my writings that has my sanction.
Que faisait-il par les lourdes après-midi d'été? 9. Qu'est-ce qu'il oubliait? 10. Qui étaient-ils? She is beside herself. 2. That will make Tartarin laugh while stifling his cries. 4. He almost left Tarascon once. 6. He offered them to her. 7. He must have his chocolate every morning. 8. However, he never offered it to him. 9. Besides, he almost received a visit from the Tartars. 10.
So great a loss is not to be repaired or obliterated by time." And again: "Poor Mme. de La Fayette is now wholly at a loss what to do with herself. The death of M. de La Rochefoucauld has made so terrible a void in her life that she has come to judge better of the value of such a friendship. Every one else will be comforted in the course of time, but she, alas, has nothing to occupy her mind."
61 15 confitures au musc: 'preserves perfumed with musk. 61 19 se faisait des mines: 'made grimaces to herself. 61 23 avait tout le temps de: 'had plenty of time to. 62 2 la ville européenne: the part of the city inhabited by Europeans, as distinguished from la ville haute 37 27, the Moorish quarter. 62 9 on ne peut plus satisfait: 'perfectly satisfied', lit. 62 14 Circe.
Her mother was sprung from an ancient family of Provence, among whom, says Auger, literary talent had long been a heritage; but the mother herself if we are to believe Mme. de La Fayette's biographers possessed no talent save that of intrigue.
Besides she is not good, and with all the appearances of brutal frankness, she knows what is to be false when she needs it. As to her talent, she has it but not so much as she imagines herself; besides she is full of german vanity. Now l'éreintement est aussi complet que possible.
Boissier in his Vie de Mme. de Sévigné says that when, in 1671, the correspondence between mother and daughter begins, "Mme. de La Fayette has but recently united herself with the Duc de La Rochefoucauld in that close intimacy which gave the world so much to talk about."
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