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    XXXIV.—MADAME KECAMIER. +

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    «¦ The father of Madame Recamier was Jea...

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    Xxxiv.—Madame Kecamier. +

    XXXIV . —MADAME KECAMIER . _+

    «¦ The Father Of Madame Recamier Was Jea...

    «¦ The father of Madame Recamier was Jean Bernard , a notary of special Lyons ; talent lie was but remarkable was amiable for and his kind personal -hearted appearance . Pier mother , had no is

    said Their to have daug been , hter , very Jeanne beautiful -Francoise as well - Julie as Adelaide clever ; , she was died born young on the .

    4 th of December 1777 . "When she was only seven years old her father obtained a , situation in Pariswhere he went to reside ;

    leaving Between his daug the hter little at Juliette Lyons and with , her an aunt , Madam cousin e ( afterwards Blachette . young

    Baronne mencement de of Dalmassy a friendshi ) arose which a tender endured childish throug affection h life . , the To com this - , p

    her first friend , we may also add her first admirer , in the person of a little boy of six years old , one of her play of fellows childhood . Madam ith leasure e

    Recamier and still would oftener often to allude the to next these few episodes which she passed wp at the , Convent de la Deserteunder the care years of , another aunt , her mother's

    sisterwho was a nun , . Here she received those solid religious prinpassed soon ciples , grew which unsullied universal she retained and , unsh but in throug aken spite h She of which the rej doubt oined her calm her and _jD and scep arent ticism pious s in nature Paris which ,

    . father and found 'sa a M friend . Simonard and play who fellow at this in the time son took of an up old his friend abode of with her

    , , the She Bernard used famil sometimes y . to relate how this adventurous companion barrow

    robbin would on the g persuade top a nei of g a hb her wall or into of , and his perilous , worst grapes of positions . all The , while induce real , wheel the cul her lovel prit her to contrived in j little oin a him thief in to

    who escape was at left the trembling very moment before of detection the indignant , proprietor , y so disarmed , him by her beauty that he gave up all his projects of to just ven the

    geance to comfort her childish terrors , and promised keej > adventure secret from her parents . her hterbeautand

    anxious Madame that B no ernard thoug , althoug ht or care h vain should of be omitted daug which ' s could y , help to adorn itand determined also to lose no opportunity , young as

    tion she was and , i of _^ ocured , exhibiting her her in advantage society , still . Pier watched talent over for her music educa was

    especially cultivated , and every to the last she found and gave pleasure by her performance an . the piano , although singing and the harp

    she M had . and earlier Madame given Bernard up . saw a good deal of literary society ; leasant

    and amiable to Lyonnese and fond especiall of amusement ywho , mi they ght made all count their on house a hosp p itable ;

    welcomeit became a favoiite , resort . M . Recamier , was among the friends who visited at the Rue des

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1860, page 225, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121860/page/9/