. Louvet: revolutionist & romance-writer . great day for Tallien, and he was overwhelmedwith congratulations. When the festivities in the Convention were over,Mme. Tallien, Notre Dame de Thermidor, whosekind heart and easy virtue when she was Marquisede Fontenay had been the means of saving so manyfrom the guillotine, presided at a banquet in thecharacter of Wisdom, a part which her exquisitebeauty enabled her to assume for a brief space withunstudied grace—she made no pretension to sustain-ing the role for long. She was the leader of the smartset of her day, and introduced the fashion of goin
. Louvet: revolutionist & romance-writer . great day for Tallien, and he was overwhelmedwith congratulations. When the festivities in the Convention were over,Mme. Tallien, Notre Dame de Thermidor, whosekind heart and easy virtue when she was Marquisede Fontenay had been the means of saving so manyfrom the guillotine, presided at a banquet in thecharacter of Wisdom, a part which her exquisitebeauty enabled her to assume for a brief space withunstudied grace—she made no pretension to sustain-ing the role for long. She was the leader of the smartset of her day, and introduced the fashion of goingclothed in little but her modesty. She had a prettyfoot and delighted to show the marks of the ratswhich had bitten her when in prison. But she couldget few to believe her. The cynics maintained that * It is said he once complained to Talleyrand that although his religionwas far better than the old, he could not induce people to accept should he do ? Get yourself crucified, and rise again the thirdday, was the sagacious
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