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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 312 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=18mm, Gew.=458gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of … More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 312 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=18mm, Gew.=458gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHJLJT-2. I mies. L.ci?e-Eesi'C3e Maine, w tie -us evtr "t'.-jtaA. c n i j Hi? Jr ualj been aUc her hmtiMMJ. tkt iftft if the regeocr vr Tfce iuSaesKe '. Vii orarersal Linchty diitT. i-fa. x n9 pruod mad ctaoti Gwent. radden besszty. r-a .? - '7 ter- f o ooa. TV mrs st her little ercrt gift; they kd fntmrrr de M wit of the Mortemarts, and imparted her pure and elegant phraseology to those who lived in her intimacy. The character of Madame du Maine, which was a compound of superficial wit, ambition, and caprice, did not adapt her, however, to the high political part she was anxious to act She was bold, active, and vehement, but deficient in moral courage. She could struggle long and perseveringly for any object in view, ?and whether this object was the discovery of the magic square or the regency of the kingdom, she displayed equal energy: but there was more restlessness than determination in her character; and she never learned to bear, with even common equanimity, the misfortunes occasioned by her own imprudence. Her temper was violent, fickle, and selfish. Notwithstanding her wit and learning, she had a great horror of solitude and ennui, and could not dispense with the society of those individuals for whom she cared least. " I am very fond of company," she frankly said, " for I listen to no one, and every one listens to me." She was accordingly seldom to be found alone. The crowd which surrounded her was not always very select. Her old admirer, Saint-Aulaire, who professed a romantic passion for her, and whom she called her shepherd, tired of this noisy and uninteresting assemblage, once impatiently asked her what she wanted with persons so little suited to her. "My dear shepherd," she candidly answered, " I am so unhappy as not to be abl...<

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[ED: Softcover], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHJLJT-2. I mies. L.ci?e-Eesi'C3e Maine, w tie -us evtr "t'.-jtaA. c n i j Hi? Jr ualj been aUc her hmtiMMJ. tkt iftft if the regeocr vr Tfce iuSaesKe '. Vii orarersal Linchty diitT. i-fa. x n9 pruod mad ctaoti Gwent. radden besszty. r-a .? - '7 ter- f o ooa. TV mrs st her little ercrt gift they kd fntmrrr de M wit of the Mortemarts, and imparted her pure and elegant phraseology to those who lived in her intimacy. The character of Madame du Maine, which was a compound of superficial wit, ambition, and caprice, did not adapt her, however, to the high political part she was anxious to act She was bold, active, and vehement, but deficient in moral courage. She could struggle long and perseveringly for any object in view, ?and whether this object was the discovery of the magic square or the regency of the kingdom, she displayed equal energy: but there was more restlessness than determination in her character and she never learned to bear, with even common equanimity, the misfortunes occasioned by her own imprudence. Her temper was violent, fickle, and selfish. Notwithstanding her wit and learning, she had a great horror of solitude and ennui, and could not dispense with the society of those individuals for whom she cared least. " I am very fond of company," she frankly said, " for I listen to no one, and every one listens to me." She was accordingly seldom to be found alone. The crowd which surrounded her was not always very select. Her old admirer, Saint-Aulaire, who professed a romantic passion for her, and whom she called her shepherd, tired of this noisy and uninteresting assemblage, once impatiently asked her what she wanted with persons so little suited to her. "My dear shepherd," she candidly answered, " I am so unhappy as not to be abl...Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, [SC: 0.00]<