… flowers which grow on the path of life’ (H.M. Williams, Letters, 1790, 140 ) . This British author, who settled in Paris in 1792, contributed greatly to the circulation of ideas between France and England through her intellectual and … Williams (1761-1827) showed a sustained appetence for literary and political circles. She frequented many salons in Paris and London before becoming a salonnière herself in both capitals. Born to a Scottish father and Welsh mother and … be more inclined, at least I should, to love than to admire her. 7 As a member of the Amis des Noirs’s first society in Paris, Williams had close connections with the members of the British Club ‘The Friends of the Rights of Man, associated …