Vigée-Lebrun, 1755-1842 : her life, works, and friendships : with a catalogue raisonné of the artist's pictures (1915)
Helm, W. H. (William Henry), 1860-1936, Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842 · Boston : Small, Maynard · leaf 130
ys, when backbiting flourished asperhaps never before or since, on either side of the Channel. It was theperiod of the School for Scandal, a play which the critic of the Morning Post,on the morrow of its first performance, justly described as one whereina group of characters are ever ready, at the… … ^*. CALUMNIES 49 of calumny. If calumny could not be more fashionable in Paristhan in London, it was assuredly more virulent, the licence allowed to themalicious tongues and pens exceeding anything that Sheridan even suggests. Slander had become so prevalent in the pleasure-seeking society ofthat…
