Lives of the Most Eminent Literary And Scientific Men of France volume 2
Lives of the Most Eminent Literary And Scientific Men of France volume 2
Mary Shelley
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Her talents, beauty, and enthusiasm, produced an effect of which she was scarcely aware herself, and which the party itself rather felt than acknowledged. " Roland, " writes Thiers, in his " History of the French Revolution, " " was known for his clever writings on manufactures and mechanics. This man, of austere life, inflexible principles, and cold repulsive manners, yielded, without being aware, to the superior ascendancy of his wife. Madame Roland was young and beautiful. Nourished in seclu...sion by phi- losophical and republican sentiments, she had conceived ideas superior to her sex, and had erected a strict re- ligion from the then reigning opinions. Living in in- timate friendship with her husband, she wrote for him, communicated her vivacity and ardour, not only to him but to all the girondists, who, enthusiastic in the cause of liberty and philosophy, adored beauty, and talent, and their own opinions, in her. " She, meanwhile, did all she could to render her influence covert. She might converse with energy and freedom with the different members of the party during their chance visits ; but when they assembled in her house to discuss present proceedings and future prospects, she was present, but 574
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