Wits and Beaux of SocietyG. Routledge, 1883 - 508 pages |
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Page 50
... Anne of Austria , then in her maturity , was governed by Mazarin , the most artful of ministers , an Italian to the very heart's core , with a love of amassing wealth engrafted in his supple nature that amounted The whole aim of his ...
... Anne of Austria , then in her maturity , was governed by Mazarin , the most artful of ministers , an Italian to the very heart's core , with a love of amassing wealth engrafted in his supple nature that amounted The whole aim of his ...
Page 51
... Anne of Austria was a young lady named Anne Lucie de la Mothe Houdancourt . Louis , though not long married , showed some symptoms of admiration for this débutante in the wicked ways of the court . Gay , radiant in the bloom of youth ...
... Anne of Austria was a young lady named Anne Lucie de la Mothe Houdancourt . Louis , though not long married , showed some symptoms of admiration for this débutante in the wicked ways of the court . Gay , radiant in the bloom of youth ...
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... Anne of Austria saved her from her ruin . That queen insisted on her being sent away ; and she resisted even the entreaties of the queen , her daughter - in - law , and the wife of Louis XIV .; who , for some reasons not explained ...
... Anne of Austria saved her from her ruin . That queen insisted on her being sent away ; and she resisted even the entreaties of the queen , her daughter - in - law , and the wife of Louis XIV .; who , for some reasons not explained ...
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... Anne of Austria , in Paris . Suitor after suitor interfered with De Grammont's at last honourable address to La Belle Hamilton . At length an inci- dent occurred which had very nearly separated them for ever . Philibert de Grammont was ...
... Anne of Austria , in Paris . Suitor after suitor interfered with De Grammont's at last honourable address to La Belle Hamilton . At length an inci- dent occurred which had very nearly separated them for ever . Philibert de Grammont was ...
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... Anne of Austria . The father's honest boldness put a stop to the son's intended servility , and Scarron lamented his fate in a letter to Pellisson : O mille écus , par malheur retranchés , Que vous pouviez m'épargner de péchés ! Quand ...
... Anne of Austria . The father's honest boldness put a stop to the son's intended servility , and Scarron lamented his fate in a letter to Pellisson : O mille écus , par malheur retranchés , Que vous pouviez m'épargner de péchés ! Quand ...
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