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Marie-Jeanne Philipon Roland de la Platiere : Memoirs

'You do not mention Madame Roland, therefore I am not sure whether you have read her; if you have only read her in the translation which talks of her uncle Bimont's dying of a fit of the gout translated to his chest, you have done her injustice. We think some of her Memoirs beautifully written and like Rousseau; she was a great woman and died heroically. I think if I had been Mons Roland I should not have shot myself for her sake.'

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Maria Edgeworth      Print: Book

Marie-Jeanne Roland de la Platiere : Appel a l’Impartiale Posteritè

Robert Southey to John May, 26 June, 1797: 'Have you seen Madame Rolands Appel a l’impartiale Posteritè? it is one of those books that makes me love individuals & yet dread detest & despise mankind in a mass.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Southey      Print: Book

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