Excerpt from Memoirs of Madame Desbordes-Valmore If the knightly soul that was in him seemed sometimes to exaggerate the purely literarv value of what a woman had done, it was partly because he realized better than another her obstacles and limitations. But he also taught the world that the highest order of critical ability sometimes dis covers beauties where the next can do no more than smartly Signalize defects and it is certain that, like the grace of God himself, his goodness made one humble. I do not see how it is ...
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Excerpt from Memoirs of Madame Desbordes-Valmore If the knightly soul that was in him seemed sometimes to exaggerate the purely literarv value of what a woman had done, it was partly because he realized better than another her obstacles and limitations. But he also taught the world that the highest order of critical ability sometimes dis covers beauties where the next can do no more than smartly Signalize defects and it is certain that, like the grace of God himself, his goodness made one humble. I do not see how it is possible for a thoughtful and aspiring - I will not say ambi tious - girl to close the perusal of one of M. Sainte-bonye's later Portraits de Femmes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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