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WOMEN OF THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE 33
by her morals, in which frivolity formed a conspicuous ele-
ment. It is the first years of her Court and of her
children’s lives that we shall presently proceed to chronicle.
But we can hardly understand them without at least knowing
something of the intellectual atmosphere that surrounded
them. And before going farther, it may be well to cast a
glance in that direction.
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by her morals, in which frivolity formed a conspicuous ele-
ment. It is the first years of her Court and of her
children’s lives that we shall presently proceed to chronicle.
But we can hardly understand them without at least knowing
something of the intellectual atmosphere that surrounded
them. And before going farther, it may be well to cast a
glance in that direction.
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