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CHAPTER XIII.. Visit to the Hotel D'orsay--Sad Change in It--Mr. Millingon, the

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Visit to the Hotel d'Orsay--Sad Change in it--Mr. Millingon, the Antiquary--Liberality of Comte d'Orsay--A Fanciful Notion--General Or-nano--Unhappy Marriages accounted for--La Gazza Ladra--Mallbran's "Ninetta"--The Calamities of Authors--Mr. D'Israeli--The Princesse de Talleyrand--Her Person described--Her Dress and Manners--Amusing Story told by the Abbé Denon--Unexpected Arrival--Yes and No, by Lord Normanby--Lady Dysart-Comte Valeski--Influence of Agreeable Manners--Effects of opposite ones--Injudicious Friends--A Candid Admission--Lord ---- --Love of Contradiction--Remarks on the Novel of Pelham--Misery of receiving stupid Books--Malibran in La Cenerentola--French Customs--Proofs d'Amilié--Wedding Dresses, 146.

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