Hortense

which is a thousand times preferable to all the splendors she lost in the flower of her age.

The Duchess of St. Leu.

\"I have been admitted to the intimacy of the Duchess of St. Leu, both at Rome and in the country. I have seen her roused to enthusiasm by the beauties of nature, and have seen her surrounded by the pomp of ceremony; but I have never known her less than herself; nor has the interest first inspired by


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which is a thousand times preferable to all the splendors she lost in the flower of her age.

The Duchess of St. Leu.

\"I have been admitted to the intimacy of the Duchess of St. Leu, both at Rome and in the country. I have seen her roused to enthusiasm by the beauties of nature, and have seen her surrounded by the pomp of ceremony; but I have never known her less than herself; nor has the interest first inspired by


614 of 926