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The History Of Madame And Monsieur. C—
authority , on the subject of her emigration , the events of the revolt . , tion , and her own patriotic principles . But the bloody arena of revolutionary government was at that time prepared , tiie victims were already marked , the horrid forms of death were about to be Jet loose and Madame de ' s bons mots , which were delightful in the safe vicinity of Grosvenor square , appeared very nearly allied to madness in the neihbourhood of the
g square of the revolution : as the flowering foliage ofthe li ght shrub , which sports gracefully with the perfumed zephyrs in the sheltered valle }' , assumes a terrific character when it waves over an Alpine precipice . Madame de finding ' that under the fear of the guillotine , people were entirely insensible to wit ; and at length being convinced , that all her witcheries ami enchantments would be lost upon the fierce demagogues who were about to seize the reins of power , and that she was even in some danger of the scaffold , set off for Switzerland with a false passport
accompanied by a young nobleman , who had also procured one foi the purpose of joining the army of Conde . Madame de had not succeeded in saving her property from sequestration , and her purse was but li ghtly furnished when she lefi Paris ; that of her fellow-traveller , however , was well filled ; and Madame de was rich in spells so potent , that for her ' The royal bannerand all qualitj '
, , Pride , pomp , and circumstance of glorious war , ' were forgotten , till his purse became as vacant as her own , and she then suffered him to leave her at Bellinzone , and hasten to the army with funds scarcely sufficient to pay the expences of his journey , During this interregnum in . Madame de ' s conquests ' , Mons , C— in evil hour arrived .
, He was silent , dejected , and melancholy ; which little suited Madame de——' s taste ; but he was in possession of a large sum of money , a circumstance which was not il ! adapted to the state of her finances . Madame de soon transformed herself into a
' Pensive nun , devout and pure , Sober , stedf ' ast , ar . d demure . ' It was a considerable time before her artillery of wiles made an ? i impression on Mons . C ; her pride became piqued , as welt as her interest engaged , in atchieving this new conquest ; and Mons . C -, after a siege of . considerabie length , was added to the number of her
captives . When her dominion was sectirely established , she insisted upon leaving , the solitudes of Bellinzone , of which she had long been heartily weary , for the more congenial region of Constance , " which , for dissipation and pleasure , vied , with the Paris of former times ; and where Mons . C > s purse furnished her with all the means ef voluptuous luxury . [ . TO S _ E CCKCIUDED IN OVR KEXT . J .
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The History Of Madame And Monsieur. C—
authority , on the subject of her emigration , the events of the revolt . , tion , and her own patriotic principles . But the bloody arena of revolutionary government was at that time prepared , tiie victims were already marked , the horrid forms of death were about to be Jet loose and Madame de ' s bons mots , which were delightful in the safe vicinity of Grosvenor square , appeared very nearly allied to madness in the neihbourhood of the
g square of the revolution : as the flowering foliage ofthe li ght shrub , which sports gracefully with the perfumed zephyrs in the sheltered valle }' , assumes a terrific character when it waves over an Alpine precipice . Madame de finding ' that under the fear of the guillotine , people were entirely insensible to wit ; and at length being convinced , that all her witcheries ami enchantments would be lost upon the fierce demagogues who were about to seize the reins of power , and that she was even in some danger of the scaffold , set off for Switzerland with a false passport
accompanied by a young nobleman , who had also procured one foi the purpose of joining the army of Conde . Madame de had not succeeded in saving her property from sequestration , and her purse was but li ghtly furnished when she lefi Paris ; that of her fellow-traveller , however , was well filled ; and Madame de was rich in spells so potent , that for her ' The royal bannerand all qualitj '
, , Pride , pomp , and circumstance of glorious war , ' were forgotten , till his purse became as vacant as her own , and she then suffered him to leave her at Bellinzone , and hasten to the army with funds scarcely sufficient to pay the expences of his journey , During this interregnum in . Madame de ' s conquests ' , Mons , C— in evil hour arrived .
, He was silent , dejected , and melancholy ; which little suited Madame de——' s taste ; but he was in possession of a large sum of money , a circumstance which was not il ! adapted to the state of her finances . Madame de soon transformed herself into a
' Pensive nun , devout and pure , Sober , stedf ' ast , ar . d demure . ' It was a considerable time before her artillery of wiles made an ? i impression on Mons . C ; her pride became piqued , as welt as her interest engaged , in atchieving this new conquest ; and Mons . C -, after a siege of . considerabie length , was added to the number of her
captives . When her dominion was sectirely established , she insisted upon leaving , the solitudes of Bellinzone , of which she had long been heartily weary , for the more congenial region of Constance , " which , for dissipation and pleasure , vied , with the Paris of former times ; and where Mons . C > s purse furnished her with all the means ef voluptuous luxury . [ . TO S _ E CCKCIUDED IN OVR KEXT . J .