Excerpt from Letters of Madame De Sevigne to Her Daughter and Her Friends, Vol. 7 of 9 Do you wish to know where I was yesterday? I W at the Place Madame, where I took two or three turns= at mall with the players. Ah, my dear count! I at Ways think of you, and how gracefully you strike the' ball! I wish you had as fine a place for this amuse ment at Grignan, as we have here. I intend presently' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Letters of Madame De Sevigne to Her Daughter and Her Friends, Vol. 7 of 9 Do you wish to know where I was yesterday? I W at the Place Madame, where I took two or three turns= at mall with the players. Ah, my dear count! I at Ways think of you, and how gracefully you strike the' ball! I wish you had as fine a place for this amuse ment at Grignan, as we have here. I intend presently' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Letters of Madame De Sevigne to Her Daughter and Her Friends, Vol. 9 of 9 When your son is at Paris and Versailles, he will sa lute the king, all the ministers, and the whole court. Whatever esteem I entertain for him, I could wish him an uncle only for this first winter; I praise him for his do eility; he has written to us very prettily on the pleasure be naturally feels at saying, fly regiment in fact, such a station is highly agreeable at' eighteen years of age. I pay my compliments to M. De Grignan, as he is the source of the promotion, by sending him to make the first campaign of Philipsburgh. Tell me something of that dear count, whom I have claimed in my letters, and who has abandoned me. Will not your dear son pay you avisit? Let me know when you have sold your company. My son desires to be remembered to you affectionately; he is an admirable and indefatigable leader, never being tired of fine writing, though he has read it over and over again. Your'sister-ia-law has a mini: which does very well in her black hair; what a whim! But I think it would be a greater one to write any longer; we ought to think of conscience, read M. Lo Tourneux, and recollect ourselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Letters of Madame De Sévigné to Her Daughter and Her Friends, Vol. 8 of 9: An Enlarged Edition, Translated From the Paris Edition of 1806 I have informed you how well pleased M. De Charfist is with his master, and his master with him; and that M. De Lauzon's assertions have done no harm to any' one but himself he is nevertheless admitted as before he is indebted for this, it is said, to the king of England. Esther continues to be perfon'med. Madame de Caylus, who was the Champmélée of the performers. Is not to set any more she was too good and too affect ing an actress; nothing but the pure simplicity of these little innocent souls is required I will give you a very good account of every thing. The journey of madame de Chaulnes into Britany, is neither certain, nor near; I will inform you from time to time of the situation of this afl'air. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Letters of Madame De Sevigne to Her Daughter and Her Friends, Vol. 5 of 9 Resembles a little man in perfect health, as one drop of water resembles another. The public has no mercy on the reputation of warriors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Letters of Madame De Sévigné to Her Daughter and Her Friends, Vol. 4 of 9 Corbinelli tells me, I lose all my wit and spirit, when I dictate: so that he will correspond with me nolonger: I believe he is right; I find my style flat, be you more generous, my dear, and continue to charm me with your entertaining letters. I entreat you to calculate the moons during your pregnancy; if you lie in a single day after the ninth moon, your infant will live. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Letters of Madame De Sévigné to Her Daughter and Her Friends, Vol. 2 of 9 I cannot help thmking, tl1at 'l1°e: bed me principally in view when he wrote it. He says, eloquence, and a flow of words, give a lustre to the thoughts; I greatly admire that expression I thought it beautiful and new. The word lustre is extremely apposite there, do you not think so We must read this book together at Grignan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.