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Who that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiments of Time, has not dwelt, at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some gentleness at the thought of the little girl walking forth one morning hand-in-hand with her still smaller brother, to go and seek martyrdom in the country of the Moors?
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This etext was produced by David Widger CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY (Confession d’un Enfant du Siecle) By ALFRED DE MUSSET BOOK 3. PART V CHAPTER I SWEET ANTICIPATIONS Having decided on a long tour, we went first to Paris; the necessary preparations required time, and we took a furnished apartment for one
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This etext was produced by David Widger CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY (Confession d’un Enfant du Siecle) By ALFRED DE MUSSET With a Preface by HENRI DE BORNIER, of the French Academy ALFRED DE MUSSET A poet has no right to play fast and loose with his genius. It does not belong to
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