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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne de Sta?l-Holstein

  

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Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne de Sta?l-Holstein : De l'Allemagne

'[in a letter from Bury's correspondent [-]] I have been reperusing Madame de Stael's De l'Allemagne. I cannot very well express how much I am charmed with that work. As Midas's hand had the art of transmuting everything it touched into gold, so her pen illuminates every object, turning the rude ore of the mine into current coin, and rendering it useful to every one. It is certainly a most luminous emanation of the human mind, and proves the female intellect may perchance equal, if not surpass, that of the other sex. I never read any style I like so well, and the candour, liberality, and impartiality of her sentiments are truly admirable'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: anon      Print: Book

  

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