Helen Maria Williams [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… to Félicité de Genlis 3 by Edward Jerningham, 4 she initially socialised when in France with people connected to the House of Orléans (1790-1791) and then struck up a friendship with Manon Roland 5 (whose husband was to be appointed … has behaved very civilly to me and I shall visit her frequently, I rather like her, and I meet French company at her house. Her manners are affected, yet the simple goodness of her hearts [ sic ] continually breaks through the varnish, so … the importance of the female presence in French social practices: ‘Women, as well as men, are admitted to these coffee-houses; for the English idea of finding ease, comfort or felicity, in societies where women are excluded, never …
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