Lenclos
Americannoun
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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
Thus, for human life is a paradox, this knowledge comes when it is no longer of any use, since every woman is not a Ninon de Lenclos.
From The Orchard of Tears by Rohmer, Sax
In this sonnet Voltaire suggests that a life of virtue conduces largely to longevity, as witness the incomparable Ninon de Lenclos, to which sentiment Ninon filed no exceptions.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
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
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
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