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Lenclos

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[lahn-kloh] / lɑ̃ˈkloʊ /

noun

  1. Anne Ninon de Lenclos, 1620–1705?, French courtesan and wit.


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This remarkable volume demonstrates that she was a great writer of another kind: a superb expositor of the self in the grand Gallic tradition of Montaigne, Rousseau and Ninon de Lenclos.

From Time Magazine Archive

The nearest approach in modern times to such trysting-places, where beauty, wit and talent found a congenial atmosphere, were the celebrated salons of Ninon de Lenclos, Mlle. de l'Espinasse and Mme. du Deffand.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

It was certainly true of many of them—even of some of the most distinguished—such, for instance, as Mme. d'Epinay, Mme. du Deffand, Ninon de Lenclos and Mme.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

Ninon de Lenclos, from a Miniature in the Possession of Sir J.G.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

But, like Ninon de Lenclos and Diane de Poictiers and other of the world's true super-women, age had no power to mar her.

From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson

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