Portraits of the seventeenth century, historic and literary . eCaylus was the granddaughter of one of the daugh-ters. The father of Mme. de Caylus, the Marquis deVillette, a distinguished naval officer who left Memoirs,seems to have had something of her grandfather abouthim in courage and intellect. Mme. de Caylus herselfwas not without likeness to her great forefather; be-neath her womanly grace and her angelic air she hasa sharp, keen, biting wit. She is a female AntoineHamilton. At first she seems occupied solely withpleasures, amusements, and the trifles of society; butdo not for a moment
Portraits of the seventeenth century, historic and literary . eCaylus was the granddaughter of one of the daugh-ters. The father of Mme. de Caylus, the Marquis deVillette, a distinguished naval officer who left Memoirs,seems to have had something of her grandfather abouthim in courage and intellect. Mme. de Caylus herselfwas not without likeness to her great forefather; be-neath her womanly grace and her angelic air she hasa sharp, keen, biting wit. She is a female AntoineHamilton. At first she seems occupied solely withpleasures, amusements, and the trifles of society; butdo not for a moment suppose that you are dealing witha weak or silly woman. Her mind is clear and firm,observing and sensible; it is, like that of Mme. deMaintenon, solid; but in Mme. de Caylus solidity lieshidden by a flower. Her depth, however, will befound by whoso seeks it; and, after living with herfor a short time, we say to ourselves that there isnothing, after all, like a strong race when grace comesin to crown it. Born in 1673, in Poitou, Mile. Marguerite de Villette-. MARQUISE DE the painting by (.. Staal. /ll^a^ame ^c Ca\?lus. 31 g Mur(;ay was carried off from her family, when sevenyears of age, by Mme. de Maintenon. The king wasthen converting, iioloites voleiitcs, the Huguenots ofhis kingdom, and Mme. de Maintenon, following hisexample, made it her duty to convert her own the young de Murray was carried off while herfather was at sea. An aunt, the fathers sister, lent ahelping hand to this abduction which had so gooda purpose. We ought to hear Mme. de Caylus relatethis early adventure: My mother had hardly started for Niort before my aunt, who wasused to changing religion, and had just been converted for the secondor third time, started too, and took me with her to Paris. On the way they encounter other young girls,older in years, whom Mme. de Maintenon was claim-ing for conversion. These young people, determinedto resist, were as much astonished as they weregri
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