Occupation: Author Birth: January 12, 1628 Death: May 16, 1703
Charm is the true gift of the Fairies..
The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the w….
For you know that I myself am a labyrinth, where one easily gets lost..
The poor child was the drudge of the household, and was always in the wrong. He was, however, the most bright and discreet of all the brothers; and i….
Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his….
To wait so long/And want a man refined and strong/Is not at all uncommon. And yet to wait one hundred years/Without a tear, without a care/Makes for ….
The next day the two sisters went to the ball, and so did Cinderella, but dressed more magnificently than before. The King's son was always by her si….
After a hundred years the son of the King then reigning, who was of another family from that of the sleeping Princess, was a-hunting on that side of ….
The King's son, who was told that a great princess, whom nobody knew, was come, ran out to receive her. He gave her his hand as she alighted from the….
I wish with all my heart that you may be the most lovable prince in the world, and I bestow my gift on you as much as I am able..
He obliged Cinderella to sit down, and, putting the slipper to her little foot, he found it went on very easily, and fitted her as if it had been mad….
Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that whoever saw the daughter ….
The less there is of eloquence, the more there is of love..
The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to show his joy and gratitude; he assured….