Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-11

connexion between Madame de Longueve and the Duke
de Rochsfoucaud-a connexion which rendered her the
heroine and adventures Of the Fronde but which left
stain upon her soul which she sought atone by
and weary years Of austere in Normandy and
Port Royal des Champs She has been always repre-
sened as having led away the Duke de Rochefoucauld
and melted him in his adventurous career but NJ Cousin
would have us believe and think good grounds
that she suffered herself to be led away by her passion
for who proved unworthy Of her confidence, and
who was as false to her she herself But let
glance few of the incidents which checker her event
full and troubled lfe life which promised fair and
yet became to her SO heavy burden, an importuad
Craze sdimG.
Anne Genevieye de Bourbon, afterwards Duchess de
Longueye was born in the Castle of Vincennes in the
year 16l9 during the captivity of her father Henre de
Bourbon Prince Of Condo, captivity which was shared
by his young and beautiful wife, Charlotte Marguerite de
Montmorency. Her " ravishng beauty" she inherited
from her mother who when she first appeared in her ff
teenth year. the Of Henry ~ turned the head
the old but not insensble King Madame de Motteville
whose authority in all that relates to the personal history
of the and women who fourished OF the court OF
Paris in the first half of the 18th century is Of the
greatest weight-hss left us description of Mad de
Longuevlles appearance which is confirmed by all her
attesed by the portraits which, he tells u.s. NJ Cousin
has examined Her form, says Mde de Motteville was
admirable and it impossible for her own sex to
her without loving hers 1.-THE best possible proof this
Of her beauty i her eyes not large but soft and
brilliant and their blue resembled that Of the turquoise
the poets could compare the white and carnaton OF her
face to lilies and only; while light shining hair,
descending in prouse rnglets, displayed at once the
graceful contour Of her face and overpread her shou
ders" much exposed according to the fashion of the
times An unite besides in ascrbiDg to her graceful
ease and certain charming languor of manner which
gave her air of rpose and arstocrac carelessness
but which, when passion seized her, changed into
the highest degree Of animation and her whole face and
figure would then Cardinal de Retz observes become
it radiant with luminous and startling awaken
ings" We have been thus minute in these details respect
ing the face and form of Madame de Longueve BECAUSE
like Gretchen in the Faust of Goethe she too might say
"my beauty was my undoing"
"Sch6n war ich auch, und das par mein uerdsrben."
Born in prison, Anne Genevieve de Bourbon to
have been destined to fall upon troublous times
her early youth without its warnings When she yet
only eight years of age Montmorency Boutteville
relative of her mother beheaded for having fought
duel in spite Of the Kings edct forbdding the
settlement Of private difficulties; and in her
18th year, her uncle, the Duke de Montmorency,
assembled the scaod at Toulouse for having compromised
himself in revolt against the King, rather against
Richeeu This terrible catastrophe plunged the house
of Conde in mourning, and resounded from end of
France to the other Its effect upon the young and ten
der mind of Anne Geneveve may be inferred from the
fact that she reflected seriously the project Of quitting
the world and devotng herself to religious life in the
Carmete convent Of the Rue Saint Jacques. All if she
had carried this purpose into effect the years of her
conventual life would have been in number, it is
true, but how much less full Of evil But no. This
heart bowed with shall regain its elasticity,
and the wouldbe novice of Se Theresa shall go forth
into the world and gddy herself shall turn the heads Of
Others shall mnglo in of enchanment, of glory
of danger, and, alas that must write it, of shame,
until at last sick at heart and dsgusted with the world
she shall return to the refuge from which she suffered
herself to stray not bury her youth and inno-
cence but to hide her guilt and find sanctuary for her
old age.
We cannot follow NJ Cousin in the interesting reve-
latons which introduce for the first time to the in
terror of the Carmelite monastery into which Mile. de
Bourbon thought to run and seek shelter from the
storms of lfe" Her father opposed the design and in
order to Danish the idea from her mind took her oener
into society. She goes to ball, but she goes armed
with all good resolutions and under garment of hair
cloth !" this last being the prescription of her good
friends the Carmelite sisters son retiring from that
says Villefore she felt her heart agitated by
emotions; she longer the person. Hence
forth her visits to the Rue St. Jacques grew more and
infrequent and we find her otener at the Ho-
tel de Ramboullet at Court perhaps she flies from
Paris to Chantlly, to Rue, or to Lancourt, where
find her among the fair women and brave Of her
time, with poets around her to sing dttes in
her praise, and in gay sporting with the bad
mage Of gaantry which then so much in vogue for
it the fashion in those days for oil the bellies to have
royal knights (hey called them mourants which may be
erensiUey rendered dying calpes who expected
sigh for the object Of their devotion according rules
de Rambouillet that s they sighed but felt pain for
which physic was not the best remedy
NJ Cousin first leads the famous blue chamber of
the Hotel de Rambouiet, where we behold Mlle de
Bourbon learning to prate the genre precieuz with the
lords and ladies who fequented that literary Court the
areopagus which tried the rising authors Of France
There find her. fair young creature with those beau
tfu blue eyes, the faxen hair the rounded FORM and
the sweet languishing air which all combine to render
her the most charming learner in this school Of tender
Platonc galantry and here she is taught to talk of
fires and ardors and ldnguors without feeling them"
"Perhaps tits pretty to force together
Thoughts SO all unlike each other
To mutter and mock broken charm,
To daily with wrong that does no harm"
But you sure, M. Cousin, that it did no HARM to
the young prtcsus7 Did her rank protect her. you
intimate We shall what this "rank will avail her
when the evil day comes.
Mile de Bourbon is fairly embarked on the sea of
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