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... present company of course excepted . Madame de Nesle and Madame de Montbazon were nearly dying of laughter . He invented a sort of court- calendar , which immediately became the rage . It was printed at a moment's notice , and to - day ...
... present company of course excepted . Madame de Nesle and Madame de Montbazon were nearly dying of laughter . He invented a sort of court- calendar , which immediately became the rage . It was printed at a moment's notice , and to - day ...
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... present to him , which for some time past she had been revolving in her 1 Witness the following sentence extracted from his correspondence : " I own but three masters : God , honour , and my sovereign , and to the last I acknowledge no ...
... present to him , which for some time past she had been revolving in her 1 Witness the following sentence extracted from his correspondence : " I own but three masters : God , honour , and my sovereign , and to the last I acknowledge no ...
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... song : " Jouissons du présent , L'avenir est aux fous . " 2 " We will live for the present , Leave the future to fools . " 2 Historical . These words made a painful impression on Mademoiselle de Gontaut 18 THE COUNTESS DE BONNEVAL .
... song : " Jouissons du présent , L'avenir est aux fous . " 2 " We will live for the present , Leave the future to fools . " 2 Historical . These words made a painful impression on Mademoiselle de Gontaut 18 THE COUNTESS DE BONNEVAL .
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... presents , of ornaments of various kinds , and of splendid dresses , which were spread out to view on the tables of one of the princi- pal reception - rooms of the Hotel de Biron on the 1st of May , 1717 . Bril- Pearls and diamonds had ...
... presents , of ornaments of various kinds , and of splendid dresses , which were spread out to view on the tables of one of the princi- pal reception - rooms of the Hotel de Biron on the 1st of May , 1717 . Bril- Pearls and diamonds had ...
Side 34
... presents which had made the old hotel of the Faubourg St. Germain almost as dazzling , she said , as the Duc d'Aumont's House of Gold . ' 1 The Duc d'Aumont was famous for his reck- less extravagance . During his father's life - time he ...
... presents which had made the old hotel of the Faubourg St. Germain almost as dazzling , she said , as the Duc d'Aumont's House of Gold . ' 1 The Duc d'Aumont was famous for his reck- less extravagance . During his father's life - time he ...
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