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Female Literature In France In The Seventeenth Century.
FEMALE LITERATURE IN FRANCE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY .
BT MISS PAIiDOE . IT is singular to stand upon the Blanez ( a corruption , by the way , of Blanc-Nez , the name given originally to that portion of the cliff in all probability from its form ancl coloux *) which juts
, out into the sea about a league distant from Calais ; to look , upon a clear day , on the opposite and equally picturesque , heights above Dover , and to remember that it was by a convulsion of nature that our own country was severed , at some remote period , from France , of which it once formed an integral portion ; ancl thus changed into au island— -THE island ,
insignificant in extent , and in that respect very inferior to many others mapped out on the world ' s chart , but destined , nevertheless , thanks to that severance , to become Queen of the Seas , ancl capital of that mighty empire upon which the sun never sets ; which unites all climates , all religions , and all languages ; ancl which pours forth out of its mighty heart the life-blood of universal population . For a time one is tempted to be sceptical ; to cast a backward glance upon the scene , the people , ancl the habits more immediately within reach ; to contrast each and all with
those so near in fact , and so far off in seeming ; and to doubt that they coulcl ever have formed a whole . But the more closely and attentively the spot is examined , the more fully the truth is made evident . The rapid ancl chafing waves chasing each other through the narrow channel , now gleaming blue ancl bright , and leaping joyously beneath a summer breeze ; now toiling ancl
roaring in angry majesty , lashed by the storm-gusts against the rocky shores on either hand , How or fret , as the case may be , between the riven cliffs , where once grass grew , and trees waved , ancl the huts of the fishermen were made vocal by the scream of the sea-gull , the cormorant , and the cxu-lew . Let your eye wander from the Shakspeare Cliff to the Blanez ; trace
the outline of each ; make an allowance for the wear ancl tear of time and tempest ; ancl you cannot , even if you would , remain sceptical . Then look down at your feet , and gather up the fragments of volcanised ore ; fruits which have been hardened into iron ( I have seen ancl handled them ); strange and familiarlyshaped fragments of glittering earth , now indurated to stone , but still retaining then * pristine form , ancl telling of man , ancl
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Female Literature In France In The Seventeenth Century.
FEMALE LITERATURE IN FRANCE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY .
BT MISS PAIiDOE . IT is singular to stand upon the Blanez ( a corruption , by the way , of Blanc-Nez , the name given originally to that portion of the cliff in all probability from its form ancl coloux *) which juts
, out into the sea about a league distant from Calais ; to look , upon a clear day , on the opposite and equally picturesque , heights above Dover , and to remember that it was by a convulsion of nature that our own country was severed , at some remote period , from France , of which it once formed an integral portion ; ancl thus changed into au island— -THE island ,
insignificant in extent , and in that respect very inferior to many others mapped out on the world ' s chart , but destined , nevertheless , thanks to that severance , to become Queen of the Seas , ancl capital of that mighty empire upon which the sun never sets ; which unites all climates , all religions , and all languages ; ancl which pours forth out of its mighty heart the life-blood of universal population . For a time one is tempted to be sceptical ; to cast a backward glance upon the scene , the people , ancl the habits more immediately within reach ; to contrast each and all with
those so near in fact , and so far off in seeming ; and to doubt that they coulcl ever have formed a whole . But the more closely and attentively the spot is examined , the more fully the truth is made evident . The rapid ancl chafing waves chasing each other through the narrow channel , now gleaming blue ancl bright , and leaping joyously beneath a summer breeze ; now toiling ancl
roaring in angry majesty , lashed by the storm-gusts against the rocky shores on either hand , How or fret , as the case may be , between the riven cliffs , where once grass grew , and trees waved , ancl the huts of the fishermen were made vocal by the scream of the sea-gull , the cormorant , and the cxu-lew . Let your eye wander from the Shakspeare Cliff to the Blanez ; trace
the outline of each ; make an allowance for the wear ancl tear of time and tempest ; ancl you cannot , even if you would , remain sceptical . Then look down at your feet , and gather up the fragments of volcanised ore ; fruits which have been hardened into iron ( I have seen ancl handled them ); strange and familiarlyshaped fragments of glittering earth , now indurated to stone , but still retaining then * pristine form , ancl telling of man , ancl