The Living Age, Volume 242Living Age Company, 1904 |
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Page 206
... Madame du Deffand , five of them in his own hand- writing . As is well known , Walpole's . letters to Madame du Deffand ( all written in French ) were at his desire destroyed by her or by Miss Berry , un- doubtedly because he considered ...
... Madame du Deffand , five of them in his own hand- writing . As is well known , Walpole's . letters to Madame du Deffand ( all written in French ) were at his desire destroyed by her or by Miss Berry , un- doubtedly because he considered ...
Page 207
... Madame du Deffand than to Horace Walpole ; for actual verbal or epistolary conversation with a woman of such singular gifts as Madame du Deffand must have been a constant pleasure to Walpole , always appreciative of social or ...
... Madame du Deffand than to Horace Walpole ; for actual verbal or epistolary conversation with a woman of such singular gifts as Madame du Deffand must have been a constant pleasure to Walpole , always appreciative of social or ...
Page 209
... de- light , and surprise a circle of friends and acquaintances . The desire to make his name famous as a man of ... Madame du Deffand , for the Miss Berrys , and even in the cor- respondence with Horace Mann , to whom he could write ...
... de- light , and surprise a circle of friends and acquaintances . The desire to make his name famous as a man of ... Madame du Deffand , for the Miss Berrys , and even in the cor- respondence with Horace Mann , to whom he could write ...
Page 222
... Madame du Deffand was on her death - bed , his let- ters to his cousin Thomas Walpole , at Paris , show more feeling than can any- where be found in his correspondence . Her silence and assoupissement make me hope she is almost ...
... Madame du Deffand was on her death - bed , his let- ters to his cousin Thomas Walpole , at Paris , show more feeling than can any- where be found in his correspondence . Her silence and assoupissement make me hope she is almost ...
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