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So far as possible, he borrowed every detail of character and environment from real life; almost all his characters represent real persons whom he studied with a view of using them in his books.

Now Juan was a hero as I've said, Or shall be one which will do quite as well, 'Tis not alone the "unforgotten dead" The Poet can embalm within his spell. A Pitt or Luther, when his soul has sped, Is but a name like him of whom I tell. The shade 'twixt real and fictitious glory, Is living in history or in a story. But this I know that Juan then did feel.

whom gentler stars unite. Un cri étouffé de Gustave me fit frémir. Qu'avez-vous? m'écriai-je; et le livre me tomba des mains. J'ai mal, bien mal l

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.

The chief industry of the place consists in its woolen factories. Here, on October 15, 1558, the plenipotentiaries appointed by the French met those of Spain, with whom were associated the ambassadors of Mary of England and of the Duke of Savoy.

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.

The natural, simple, and obvious course was undoubtedly to let the ambassador present his letters to the Queen, to whom they were addressed, and although I attribute the difficulty only to a mistaken suspicion on the part of the spanish government, others will see in it the studied abasement of Royalty, or a determination to quarrel with France at all risks.

That to make war with the Mohawks, would expose the Indians, who were neighbours to the English, some of whom professed christianity, etc.

Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue. «Ames formées de flammes, et enfans du soleil, pour lesquels la vengeance est une vertuMEDJNOUN et LEÏLA, les ROM

Apart from M. de La Rochefoucauld, La Fontaine was the only one of the many great men of her time with whom Mme. de La Fayette was on terms of friendship. Boileau has left his opinion of our author in a pithy sentence. "Mme. de La Fayette," said he, "est la femme qui écrit le mieux et qui a le plus d'esprit." But this is all.

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