Ninon de l'Enclos and her century
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Mademoiselle de L’Enclos’ _Cercle_—Madeleine de Scudéri—The Abbé Dubois—“The French Calliope,” and the Romance of her Life—“_Revenons à nos Moutons_”—A Resurrection?—Racine and his Detractors—“Esther”—_Athalie_ and St Cyr—Madame Guyon and the Quietists.