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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1860, Edition 1 of 1, Page 99, tpie mother's lament. 99

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    • XV.—THE MOTHER'S LAMENT.
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      father was lier famil nothing y of any 1 _Tbut social a valet position to the . Daup She was born France in 1619 and . Her her

      was , mother Goeffrin was who quit was e of then low clerk rank ; bu she t afterwards married when became quite a partner young M in .

      a g tists lass and manu , literary factory men at St at . her Godin , house . She and began manag b y b receivin y her peculiar g a few

      ar , the genius centre to ma of k the e the most socie distin ty so gui de shed lightful circle that in in Paris a few . years Not to she belong was

      to of her fashion society and stamped literature a . man She or animated woman as every being subj out ect of by the her world vivid She the medium

      conversation and the charm of her manners . was b her etween house man on y c a lasses perfect of equali society ty ; rich with men and artis aris ts tocrats and painters met at .

      poor had great Marmontel number talent , Gentil for of other Bernard kin famous d of , H composition men elvet , were , Mon her or tes habi q uieu t leas tua , l D t guests idero only t . , of She the

      no any , mos a mos t ordinar t admirable y kind critic , but and she had it is a genius said that for her conversation literary _jiid and gmen was t

      j made was ournal almost her . Voltaire an unerring admira and . ble , Montesquieu Of and course distingui authors this were peculiar shed mi as conductor h solicitous t character be for of for would a a favorable her modern have good inion two of our great g

      revi coun op e tries w in as where any any periodical the is which not free they the particularl salon ho y lds esteem the posi . t In ion all of the English newspaper press . Her power was , mi so rem at ark to able StPetersb that the Em h -

      press Maria Catherine Theresa begged of Russia her asked to establish her to herself gre in Vienn . a , so anxious urg . these great crowned heads to add her brilliancy to their courts .

      were his The mother King of . Poland Until the was tim very e of fond her of death her and in 1777 alwa , y sh e ca continue lled her d

      to sway the sceptre of social intercourse .

      Tpie Mother's Lament. 99

      tpie mother ' s _lament . 99

      Xv.—The Mother's Lament.

      XV . —THE MOTHER'S LAMENT .

      ~O Wbcen Two Suitors " I Was Risked Youn...

      ~ _o _Wbcen Two suitors " I was risked young refusing , when I ; was fair , had all t

      John My gallant was my James parents' choosing my hear ! , I had t been the Lord of Shane ' s

      no When Twelve he months left me and a widow barely three , With a baby at my knee . young ,

      I had not been a widow young When Twelve months old love and he barely h three t me , oat my soug

      And James did comfort me . ,

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1860, page 99, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041860/page/27/