Littell's Living Age, Volume 174Littell, Son and Company, 1887 |
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Page 302
... Mohl again for two days , when I met him and our witnesses at the railway station . We all dined together , and Mr. Mohl and I set off for Switzerland ; and then , luckily for me , the Duc de Praslin murdered his wife , and everybody ...
... Mohl again for two days , when I met him and our witnesses at the railway station . We all dined together , and Mr. Mohl and I set off for Switzerland ; and then , luckily for me , the Duc de Praslin murdered his wife , and everybody ...
Page 303
... Mohl was by no means well satisfied . To those who had enjoyed Madame Récamier's conversation in her latter years , these recollections had , she said , much the same effect that a hor- tus siccus of tropical flowers would have on a ...
... Mohl was by no means well satisfied . To those who had enjoyed Madame Récamier's conversation in her latter years , these recollections had , she said , much the same effect that a hor- tus siccus of tropical flowers would have on a ...
Page 304
... Mohl took Madame Récamier as her model , and a better model for imitation it would not have been possible to discover . With what success she entered upon a labor that was destined to become the vocation of her life is now known to all ...
... Mohl took Madame Récamier as her model , and a better model for imitation it would not have been possible to discover . With what success she entered upon a labor that was destined to become the vocation of her life is now known to all ...
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