Madame Récamier, a woman remarkable for her wit

and beauty, who was just entering womanhood at the time of the French Révolution. She lived a pure and spotless life, but had many favorites. One of the last of thèse was J. J. Ampère, he being then twenty yeare of âge, and she forty-three. For the construction of Ampère with à, see Less. 39, iii. Note 2.