"Gribble" Quotes from Famous Books
... introduced the romantic literature into France; and there are passages from her writings which seem worthy of preservation. For instance, we may quote her outburst with regard to unhappy marriages. "It was the subject," says Mr. Gribble, "on which she had begun to think before she was married, and which continued to haunt her long after she was left a widow; though one suspects that the word 'marriage' became a form of speech employed to describe her relations, not with her ... — Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete - The Romance of Devotion • Lyndon Orr |