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    XAMAKTINE. 371 MADAME DE

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    which Ms thoug has ht distinguished , and aided him her to husban preserve d under that very unity different of asp forms faith in

    the of political consistency life . of She his character had herself , and the did most her profound best to uphold it

    which " to been We the world Lamartine now perio . d come of cruel p to layed the anxiety so stormy gre to at his days a part devoted of , and 1848 wife which , to . the must So days close have in is

    the unio a n between themthat wherever he is to be sought for , there we trace her also . , In the rooms devoted Lamartine to the calm minister at

    of moment foreign when affairs all Paris we find trembles Madame . Her de official position obliges a her to ive receptionsand here she exhibits the tactthe

    delicacy g , and the constant , charm of her she character knows how . to The ming , most le

    dissimil bhem peaceably ar opinions by meet mutual in her respect salon . ; But we must follow her

    Footsteps to far other scenes .

    Xamaktine. 371 Madame De

    XAMAKTINE . 371 MADAME DE

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1864, page 371, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081864/page/11/