Terribly Intimate Portraits
Terribly Intimate Portraits
Free DownloadMr. Coward not only pokes fun at the old-fashioned English and French memoirs but also at the present-day intimate method of biography. His characters range from E. Maxwell Snurge, eminent politician, to Sophie, un-crowned queen of Henry VIII. Those who read widely will enjoy this up-to-the-minute take-off.
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ch his mother had used), and the loveliest cock linnet, which used to fly about all over the place, singing songs of its own composition.
All the world knows of her celebrated scene with Marie Antoinette, but Edgar Sheepmeadow recounts it so deliciously in Volume III of "Women Large and Women Small" that it would be a sin not to quote it. "They met," he says, "on the Grand Staircase. The Dauphine, with her usual hauteur, was mounting with her head held high. Julie, by some misfortune, happened to get in her way. The Dauphine, not seeing her, trod heavily on her foot, then jogged her in the ribs with her elbow. Though realising who it was, the great lady could not but apologise. Drawing herself up as high as possible, she said in icy tones, 'I beg your pardon!' Quick as thought Julie replied, 'Granted as soon as asked!' Then with a toss of her curls she ran down the stairs, leaving the haughty Princess's mind a vortex of tumultuous feelings."
A few words of description should undoubtedly be vouch
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