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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael Holstein : De l'Allemagne
'"I do not consider at all", observed Madame de C[-], "the author of a book, but only the work itself abstractedly, and I think the work we are now speaking of is one of the most perfect and most extraordinary, to be a woman's writing, I ever read."'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Madame de [C-] Print: Book
Anne Louise Germaine de Stael Holstein : De l'Allemagne
'Madame de C[-], who appears to me to be a clever and deep-thinking person, admired the whole of it without reserve, and said, she thought nothing could be more luminous than the manner in which Madame de Stael spoke of the different systems of metaphysical philosophy; and the only thing she regretted, was, that some extracts of Kant's writings had not been inserted'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Madame de [C-] Print: Book
Jane Porter : Scottish Chiefs, The
'Madame de C[-] praised Miss Porter's "Scottish Chiefs", and said, it quite [italics] monted [end italics] her imagination about Scotch persons and Scotland. Had she known the excellent and high-minded authoress, she would have added an additional note of praise on the rare character of the writer'.