...this woman," said.he; " let us"see]if she has common sense." ^"After listening for half an'hour'he became impatient. " That is not sentiment; it is a...it is a failure. Good-night." The next day he gave ''Corinne"Ltothe Duke of Bassano, who sent it to me, thinking we had not yet received the book at Warsaw....

...listening for half an hour he became impatient. "That is not sentiment; it is a hash of phrases—a head front-side back. Don't you see she thinks she...because he shows himself cold and indifferent? Go to bed—it's time wasted. Whenever an author personifies herself in a book it is a failure. Good-night."...

...Napoleon ran through the most important, and then insisted on waking Talleyrand that he might read aloud to him. " You like this woman," said he ; "let us...personifies herself in a book it is a failure. Good-night." He was a stern critic on other themes beside sentiment. He did not think even Polish gentlemen patriotic...