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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

Ninon de Lenclos, the veriest woman that ever lived, said that, had she been invited to give an opinion, 'she would have suggested that women's wrinkles be placed under their feet.'

From Rambles in Womanland by O'Rell, Max

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

Your brother has come under the Empire of Ninon de Lenclos; I fear it will bring evil; she ruined his father.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur

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