Character Sketches Arnaud Macaulay Klopstock And His Meta Mary Somerville
Character Sketches Arnaud Macaulay Klopstock And His Meta Mary Somerville
Abel Stevens
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" He could hardly have paid her a higher compli- ment. She was, in fact, the oracle of the oppo- sition ; and her friend, Benjamin Constant, one of the most effective publicists of the day, was, as we have intimated, her representative in the Legisla- ture. At her instance he delivered a speech against the monarchical designs of Napoleon. The even- ing before he whispered in her ear, *' You see your salon crowded ; if I speak to-morrow it will be de- serted. Think again. " '* It is necessary to... follow our convictions, " was her only reply. On the next evening, which had been appointed for a special gathering, all her usual guests were absent. They sent apologies, and recoiled before the rising power of the First Consul. Fouch^, the head of police, went to her and advised her to " retire into the country, and in a few days all would be appeased. " " But on my return, " she says, " I found it quite otherwise. " She knew, however, that an invincible power remained in her otherwise feeble woman's hand — the pen.
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