Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 sider |
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... Madame de Stael , have proved that there is no sex in style ; and Madame La Roche Jacqueline , and the Dutchess d'An- gouleme , have proved that there is no sex in courage . Barbarous or refined , in rags or in ruffles , at St. Giles's ...
... Madame de Stael , have proved that there is no sex in style ; and Madame La Roche Jacqueline , and the Dutchess d'An- gouleme , have proved that there is no sex in courage . Barbarous or refined , in rags or in ruffles , at St. Giles's ...
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... Madame De Stael , who , in the infancy of the French revolution , saw the consequences of writ- ten speeches developed before her eyes , has , with her usual discernment , set the question at rest , by deciding in favour of the system ...
... Madame De Stael , who , in the infancy of the French revolution , saw the consequences of writ- ten speeches developed before her eyes , has , with her usual discernment , set the question at rest , by deciding in favour of the system ...
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