Left a widow at an early age, in a country where the head of a family is everything, the young mother found it necessary to call up all the energy of her character. She was gifted with that delicacy of perception which distinguishes the Corsicans ; but... Memoirs of the Duchess D' Abrantés (Madame Junot) - Seite 210von Laure Junot Abrantès (duchesse d') - 1832 - 445 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Charles Edwards Lester, Edwin Williams - 1853 - 726 Seiten
...Junot, who was intimate with the family,) " in a country where the head of a family is everything, the young mother found it necessary to call up all...perception which distinguishes the Corsicans ; " but in her conversation," says the Dutchess d'Abrantes, who knew her intimately, " she was habitually candid.... | |
| F. Macgill - 1858 - 480 Seiten
...elevated character. Left a widow at an early age, in a country where the head of a family is everything, the young mother found it necessary to call up all...circumstances, but in others an extravagant obstinacy. Her haughtiness, which was not offensive, became dignity when elevated to her new situation. She was... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1859 - 444 Seiten
...widow at an early age, in a country where the head of a family is everything, the young mother had found it necessary to call up all the energy of her...her this quality did not degenerate into hypocrisy Indeed, she was habitually candid." The true dignity of this remarkable character is still more strikingly... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1874 - 518 Seiten
...a country where the head of a family is everything, the young mother had found it necessary to cull up all ' the energy of her character. She was gifted...her this quality did not degenerate into hypocrisy. . . . Indeed, she was habitually candid." The true dignity of this remarkable character is still more... | |
| 1890 - 192 Seiten
...a country where the head of a family is everything, the young mother found it necessarv to call UD all the energy of her character." " She was gifted...of perception which distinguishes the Corsicans," says the latter, "but with this quality she was habitually candid. Her soul beamed in her looks ; and... | |
| Laure Junot Abrantès (duchesse d') - 1901 - 490 Seiten
...a country where the head of a family is everything, the young mother found it necessary to develop all the energy of her character. She was gifted with...in some of her children. Indeed, she was habitually frank. She evinced firmness in certain circumstances, but in others obstinacy. This was obvious in... | |
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