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Female Literature In France In The Seventeenth Century.
He wiote to toll me that I was mistress ofthe whole of his fortune and he » besought me to permit its transfer to myself for an import ™ ™ ™ 0 His famil y were anxious that he should many ; ancl as it was , he declare ' ffift £ ft ? C 0 QS , : ? } ° , ' ™ stcd that hB ^ ouMlTb ; 1 , £ inmselt trom their importunity by disposing of his property and thn < - proving to them that his alliance hid ceased to be rfibSe . J ^ tora | oposal appeared to me to be extravagant , I could not cnerosil ich it had been"
T " * S 7 H ^ prompted ; but at the same time I became aware of the misfortune of being loved by a S: " ^ . 70 ™ capable he showed himself of performing ° an let ou 0 f heioi ^ m , would only the more surely compromise my character and ? wT ' n P erseouti f I ""* I not to appreheiul iom his family if texnL w , eYCT SU i ? e 0 t that h ? Lad macle me su <* Proposition > Th s so ™ aln rnnfnff- by T ^ Tf 3 that I was a ^ % Altered by i * Sl ^ W ^ i T ^' i Md that i 4 Wd be possible for me to r ~ s te ! te ' em hi ^ ^ " ^ ^ ° ^" r W ™ **
on T r of Saint-Albe however , taught me what ought to be my own ; I resolved not onl y to refuse his offer , but to urge him to consent to bv VZT r d * , - mage - T t 0 , ld him that he ™ uld iiTetrievably rufn ne bv persisting in his purpose ; but that , if he wished me to love Ifim to he close of my existence , he must obey the orders of his relatives YXW
nvp ^ lf 11 ¦ *? - . m order t 0 s P are m J reputation . My reply Svlt ^ ™ gl ' lef ' learne Seriously ill , but still hcpS tually wrote to urge my consent to the donation ; which I as constantl y Sidir ^ .. ™ tM to **«- - ^ * "^ s ^ f effS P M ^ ° . ^ T M T \ at lei ^ P roduced its ettect . M . de Samt-Albe became the husband of a wealthy
heiress toAA-ards whom he evinced an indifference which was interpreted to the disadvantage ofthe countess , who thus found S 3 ™ « Pff dded to ^ ose b y which her life was alread y embittered . Both the mother by whom she had been fol saken in her trials , ancl the brother b y whom she hacl been superseded 111 the affections of her famil died short
y , a time subsequentl y , and she once more found herself in affluencench 111 all save happiness , and a good name . A few years nassed and then the Count de Murat iiAis turn died , leaAdn ^ hl fe ivpp TI 110 00 oli ^ 1 , —!*• _ e __ .-, ' ° ll / ee aslc ] lerself confesses
„„ % { ^ * , was the most trying period In if f < Y . i remembered ^ h regret that had she not heiself urged the marriage of Saint-Albe , she mi ght still have looked forward to an union with one whom she both loved and iionomed . It may be remembered that in speaking of this autobiograp h said that
y I it was as full of interest as a romance HZ M ' ! beei V * tified tad I stated that it was a romance m fact Madame de Samt-Albe fell a victim to smallpox ; and as she left no children , her fortune reverted to her famil y , leaving her husband comparativel y poor . For a time , however , the widowed lovers did not meet . Saint-Albe was keenl y alive to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Female Literature In France In The Seventeenth Century.
He wiote to toll me that I was mistress ofthe whole of his fortune and he » besought me to permit its transfer to myself for an import ™ ™ ™ 0 His famil y were anxious that he should many ; ancl as it was , he declare ' ffift £ ft ? C 0 QS , : ? } ° , ' ™ stcd that hB ^ ouMlTb ; 1 , £ inmselt trom their importunity by disposing of his property and thn < - proving to them that his alliance hid ceased to be rfibSe . J ^ tora | oposal appeared to me to be extravagant , I could not cnerosil ich it had been"
T " * S 7 H ^ prompted ; but at the same time I became aware of the misfortune of being loved by a S: " ^ . 70 ™ capable he showed himself of performing ° an let ou 0 f heioi ^ m , would only the more surely compromise my character and ? wT ' n P erseouti f I ""* I not to appreheiul iom his family if texnL w , eYCT SU i ? e 0 t that h ? Lad macle me su <* Proposition > Th s so ™ aln rnnfnff- by T ^ Tf 3 that I was a ^ % Altered by i * Sl ^ W ^ i T ^' i Md that i 4 Wd be possible for me to r ~ s te ! te ' em hi ^ ^ " ^ ^ ° ^" r W ™ **
on T r of Saint-Albe however , taught me what ought to be my own ; I resolved not onl y to refuse his offer , but to urge him to consent to bv VZT r d * , - mage - T t 0 , ld him that he ™ uld iiTetrievably rufn ne bv persisting in his purpose ; but that , if he wished me to love Ifim to he close of my existence , he must obey the orders of his relatives YXW
nvp ^ lf 11 ¦ *? - . m order t 0 s P are m J reputation . My reply Svlt ^ ™ gl ' lef ' learne Seriously ill , but still hcpS tually wrote to urge my consent to the donation ; which I as constantl y Sidir ^ .. ™ tM to **«- - ^ * "^ s ^ f effS P M ^ ° . ^ T M T \ at lei ^ P roduced its ettect . M . de Samt-Albe became the husband of a wealthy
heiress toAA-ards whom he evinced an indifference which was interpreted to the disadvantage ofthe countess , who thus found S 3 ™ « Pff dded to ^ ose b y which her life was alread y embittered . Both the mother by whom she had been fol saken in her trials , ancl the brother b y whom she hacl been superseded 111 the affections of her famil died short
y , a time subsequentl y , and she once more found herself in affluencench 111 all save happiness , and a good name . A few years nassed and then the Count de Murat iiAis turn died , leaAdn ^ hl fe ivpp TI 110 00 oli ^ 1 , —!*• _ e __ .-, ' ° ll / ee aslc ] lerself confesses
„„ % { ^ * , was the most trying period In if f < Y . i remembered ^ h regret that had she not heiself urged the marriage of Saint-Albe , she mi ght still have looked forward to an union with one whom she both loved and iionomed . It may be remembered that in speaking of this autobiograp h said that
y I it was as full of interest as a romance HZ M ' ! beei V * tified tad I stated that it was a romance m fact Madame de Samt-Albe fell a victim to smallpox ; and as she left no children , her fortune reverted to her famil y , leaving her husband comparativel y poor . For a time , however , the widowed lovers did not meet . Saint-Albe was keenl y alive to