. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. PiNX. IL3BJ1ME BEOAMIER. MADAME RKCAMIKR. 393 to see her; at a charity fair she held the plate, which washeaped with thousands of francs offered at the shrine of herbeauty, rather than to the poor; thus finely verifying thewords of Shakespeare, All orators are dumb when beautypleadeth. If she entered a drawing-room, all eyes forsookevery other object to gaze upon Madame Recamier. She danced in her younger years that wonderful shawldance which Madame de Stael has described in Corinne^ inwhich a light
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. PiNX. IL3BJ1ME BEOAMIER. MADAME RKCAMIKR. 393 to see her; at a charity fair she held the plate, which washeaped with thousands of francs offered at the shrine of herbeauty, rather than to the poor; thus finely verifying thewords of Shakespeare, All orators are dumb when beautypleadeth. If she entered a drawing-room, all eyes forsookevery other object to gaze upon Madame Recamier. She danced in her younger years that wonderful shawldance which Madame de Stael has described in Corinne^ inwhich a light shawl became in turn, in the shifting posturesof the wearer, a girdle, a veil, and a drapery, than whichnothing could be imagined more graceful, refined, or pictur-esque. She had exquisite taste in costume, and in the harmonyof colors, preferring for her own person white robes,with varied material and ornament. She never wore dia-monds, even in her days of fortune, having a predilection forpearls. Her goodness of soul attracted even more than herbeauty. She had a benignity of nat
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