uncertain

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.... 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

marquise de Adélaïde-Marie-Emilie Filleul Souza-Botelho - Adèle de Sénange

This frigid, make-believe happiness, even though supported by the satisfaction of being absolute mistress of the household, could not long suffice for a nature like Mme. de La Fayette's; and therein lies perhaps the secret of all the unwritten history that follows. Just at what time the friendship between Mme. de La Fayette and La Rochefoucauld began, is uncertain.

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

"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.

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

O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the sun And by and by a cloud takes all away!

Stendhal - Le Rouge et le noir