… admirably, and remembers every one that has been made these fourscore years. She corresponds with Voltaire, dictates charming letters to him, contradicts him… In a dispute, into which she easily falls, she is very warm, and yet scarce …
… Conversely, also following a visit to Émilie and Voltaire, Léopold Desmarets, Mme de Graffigny’s lover, commended the charm of the marquise, but later poured scorn in a letter to Devaux about her performance in Zaïre : ‘Madame Du Châtelet …
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… also had the opportunity to watch the performances of others closely, commenting on those who impressed, disgusted and charmed. They were expected to use letters of introductions and the services of British diplomats to enter into the …
… mobile population sociability offered only limited protection from the threat of predatory incomers; the superficial charms of a Willoughby, Wickham or the Crawfords, who excel in the rhetoric and performance of polite sociability, …
… companion in private’. Pope noted that ‘Addison was perfect good company with intimates and had something more charming in his conversation than I ever knew in any other man. But with any mixture of strangers … he seemed to preserve …
… Propriety than the Snuff-Box ? The agreeable Parenthesis which a Pinch of Havanna produces, has as strong an Effect to charm and Audience, as a skilful Pause in a full Concert.’ 6 6 . Henry Baker, The Universal Spectator, and Weekly journal …
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