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On July 12th, 1822 Alix de Lamartine visited for the first time her daughter Eugenie who was established in Hondschoote with her husband. Like her son, Alphonse de Lamartine, she had some stays in this city. Alphonse, elected deputy of Bergues on several occasions, never wrote about the city, his mother however took notes while visiting the area, which were published in 1871 entitled "Manuscrit de ma mère". On August 26th 1822, Alix of Lamartine noted her stay in the castle of Armbouts-Cappel before leaving Hondschoote on October 15th 1822.
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Le lundi nous sommes venus ici et nous y resterons jusqu’à mercredi. On nous y traite à merveille. La maison est jolie, mais les jardins sont particulièrement beaux : des allées superbes, de belles pièces d’eau. Il y a un air de grandeur qui me plaît et me rappelle les lieux où j’allais souvent dans ma jeunesse aux environs de Paris. J’avoue que cette régularité me plaît davantage que les jardins anglais, et je trouve que c’est plus en harmonie avec une belle maison, et auprès. Que plus éloigné ensuite on trouve une nature qu’on croit toute naturelle, à la bonne heure, c’est bien! Mais l’art peut se montrer à côté d’un château qui certainement n’est pas l’ouvrage de la nature.
Journal, tome II, lettres modernes, Minard, 1989, p245-246.
Place | Extract |
| Armbouts-Capel | Alphonse, elected deputy of Bergues on several occasions, never wrote about the city, his mother however took notes while visiting the area, which were published in 1871 entitled "Manuscrit de ma mère"... |
| Dunkerque | de Coppens, in Hondschoote... |
| Dunkerque | During the course of her stay with her daughter at Hondschoote Alix de Lamartine is impressed by the sea at Dunkerque and records her thoughts asshe did for Calais in her Manuscrit de ma mère... |
| Dunkerque | In the following extracts she praises the town and port of Dunkerque where she makes various social outings... |
| Hondschoote | In 1822 Alix de Lamartine visited her daughter in Hondschoote... |
