Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 134 pages of information about Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01.

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 134 pages of information about Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01.

The Abbe de Fenelon.—­The Jansenists and St. Sulpice.—­Alliance with Madame Guyon.—­Preceptor of the Royal Children.—­Acquaintance with Madame de Maintenon.—­Appointment to Cambrai.—­Disclosure of Madame Guyon’s Doctrines.—­Her Disgrace.—­Bossuet and Fenelon.—­Two Rival Books.—­ Disgrace of Fenelon.

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CHAPTER IX

Death of Archbishop Harlay.—­Scene at Conflans.—­“The Good Langres.”—­ A Scene at Marly.—­Princesses Smoke Pipes!—­Fortunes of Cavoye.—­ Mademoiselle de Coetlogon.—­Madame de Guise.—­Madame de Miramion.—­Madame de Sevigne.—­Father Seraphin.—­An Angry Bishop.—­Death of La Bruyere.—­ Burglary by a Duke.—­Proposed Marriage of the Duc de Bourgogne.—­The Duchesse de Lude.—­A Dangerous Lady.—­Madame d’O.—­Arrival of the Duchesse de Bourgogne.

CHAPTER X

My Return to Fontainebleau.—­A Calumny at Court.—­Portrait of M. de La Trappe.—­A False Painter.—­Fast Living at the “Desert.”—­Comte d’Auvergne.—­Perfidy of Harlay.—­M. de Monaco.—­Madame Panache.—­The Italian Actor and the “False Prude”.

CHAPTER XI

A Scientific Retreat.—­The Peace of Ryswick.—­Prince of Conti King of
Poland.—­His Voyage and Reception.—­King of England Acknowledged.—­Duc de
Conde in Burgundy.—­Strange Death of Santeuil.—­Duties of the Prince of
Darmstadt in Spain.—­Madame de Maintenon’s Brother.—­Extravagant Dresses. 
Marriage of the Duc de Bourgogne.—­The Bedding of the Princesse.—­Grand
Balls.—­A Scandalous Bird.

CHAPTER XII

An Odd Marriage.—­Black Daughter of the King.—­Travels of Peter the
Great.—­Magnificent English Ambassador.—­The Prince of Parma.—­
A Dissolute Abbe.—­Orondat.—­Dispute about Mourning.—­M. de Cambrai’s
Book Condemned by M. de La Trappe.—­Anecdote of the Head of Madame de
Montbazon.—­Condemnation of Fenelon by the Pope.—­His Submission.

CHAPTER XIII

Charnace.—­An Odd Ejectment.—­A Squabble at Cards.—­Birth of My Son.—­
The Camp at Compiegne.—­Splendour of Marechal Boufflers.—­Pique of the
Ambassadors.—­Tesse’s Grey Hat.—­A Sham Siege.—­A Singular Scene.—­
The King and Madame de Maintenon.—­An Astonished Officer.—­
Breaking-up of the Camp.

CHAPTER XIV

Gervaise Monk of La Trappe.——­His Disgusting Profligacy.—­The Author of the Lord’s Prayer.—­A Struggle for Precedence.—­Madame de Saint-Simon.—­ The End of the Quarrel.—­Death of the Chevalier de Coislin.—­A Ludicrous Incident.—­Death of Racine.—­The King and the Poet.—­King Pays Debts of Courtiers.—­Impudence of M. de Vendome.—­A Mysterious Murder.—­ Extraordinary Theft.

CHAPTER XV

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