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complete a fociety as might with propriety be termed 

 the only one of its kind ; and the like whereof will 

 perhaps never be feen again. 



Order, neatnefs, good tafte, and conveniency, were 

 eharacleriftics of her domeftic ceconomy. Her apart- 

 ments bore fomewhat of a refemblance to her own cha^ 

 raster ; they had fomething peculiar, though nothing 

 affected ; and fomething elegant, though not in viola- 

 tion of Simplicity. 



Every one was received by her with politenefs and affa^ 

 bility, with indulgent and amiable manners ; which her 

 great knowledge of the world enabled her to adapt to 

 every difpolition and character, without giving up any 

 of her wonted honefty and franknefs. If me cherifhed 

 any pafHon, it certainly was not that of an inordinate 

 thirft of fame, of which there were not wanting feveral 

 that were ready to accufe her, and to which they mali- 

 cioufly attributed her journey to Poland ; no, it was a 

 wifh to acquire refpecr. and eiteem, a wifh that rifes 

 furely from the nobler! of all kinds of ambition, and 

 neceffarily fuppofes virtue and merit in fuck as hope 

 for fuccefs in the purfuit. 



Madame Geoffrin was born in the year 1699, and 

 died in 1777. 



I will conclude this account of her life with men- 

 tioning what of itfelf will prove that fhe had extraordi- 

 nary endowments and fubflantial merit : She was flan- 

 dered, hated, envied.' — But 



Quid virtus et quid fapientia poffit 



Utile propofuit nobis exemplar. Horat, 



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