Russia in 1839 -Empire of the Czar: A Journey Through Eternal Russia

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Rosier prends so¡ii de ton feuillage, So¡s tonjours beau, so¡s toujours vert, Ann ({lie voye après l'orage Tes fleurs égayer шоп liiver.

The wish was accomplished, the rose bush had reflourished, and the united children were again pressed to the bosom of their tender mother.

This Swiss journey was one of the happiest portions of my mother's life; my grandmother was one of the most distinguished and amiable women of her time; and my uncle, the Count Elzéar de Sabran, though younger than his sister, possessed superior and precocious powers of mind.

Lavater was a friend of Madame de Sabran's, who took her daughter to Zurich purposely to present her to this oracle of the philosophy of that day. The great physiognomist, on perceiving her, turned towards Madame de Sabran, observing ,"Ah, madame, what a fortunate mother you are ! your daughter is transparent! Never have I seen so much sincerity; I can read tln`ough her face ! "

After her return to France, she devoted herself to two objects, namely, the re-establishment of my fortune, and the direction of my education. I owe to her all that I am, and all that I have. She became also the eentre of a eirele of distinguished persons, among whom were some of the first men of our country. M. de Chateaubriand continued her friend to the last.

For painting she had almost the talent of an artist, and never passed a day without shutting her-