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PDFDeath of Pere La Chaise.—His Infirmities
in Old Age.—Partiality of the
King.—Character of Pere La Chaise.—The
Jesuits.—Choice of a New
Confessor.—Fagon’s Opinion.—Destruction
of Port Royal.—Jansenists and
Molinists.—Pascal.—Violent Oppression
of the Inhabitants of Port Royal.
Volume7.
CHAPTER XLVII
Death of D’Avaux.—A Quarrel about
a Window.—Louvois and the King.—
Anecdote of Boisseuil.—Madame de Maintenon
and M. de Beauvilliers.—
Harcourt Proposed for the Council.—His
Disappointment.—Death of M. le
Prince.—His Character.—Treatment
of His Wife.—His Love Adventures.—
His Madness.—A Confessor Brought.—Nobody
Regrets Him.
CHAPTER XLVIII
Progress of the War.—Simplicity of Chamillart.—The Imperialists and the Pope.—Spanish Affairs.—Duc d’Orleans and Madame des Ursins.—Arrest of Flotte in Spain.—Discovery of the Intrigues of the Duc d’Orleans.—Cabal against Him.—His Disgrace and Its Consequences.
CHAPTER XLIX
Danger of Chamillart.—Witticism of D’Harcourt.—Faults
of Chamillart.—
Court Intrigues against Him.—Behaviour
of the Courtiers.—Influence of
Madame de Maintenon.—Dignified Fall of
Chamillart.—He is Succeeded by
Voysin.—First Experience of the New Minister.—The
Campaign in
Flanders.—Battle of Malplaquet.
CHAPTER L.
Disgrace of the Duc d’Orleans.—I Endeavor to Separate Him from Madame d’Argenton.—Extraordinary Reports.—My Various Colloquies with Him.—The Separation.—Conduct of Madame d’Argenton.—Death and Character of M. le Duc.—The After-suppers of the King.
CHAPTER LI
Proposed Marriage of Mademoiselle.—My Intrigues to Bring It About.—The Duchesse de Bourgogne and Other Allies.—The Attack Begun.—Progress of the Intrigue.—Economy at Marly.—The Marriage Agreed Upon.—Scene at Saint-Cloud.—Horrible Reports.—The Marriage.—Madame de Saint-Simon.— Strange Character of the Duchesse de Berry
CHAPTER LII
Birth of Louis XV.—The Marechale de la Meilleraye.—Saint-Ruth’s Cudgel.—The Cardinal de Bouillon’s Desertion from France.—Anecdotes of His Audacity.
CHAPTER LIII
Imprudence of Villars.—The Danger of Truthfulness.—Military
Mistakes.—
The Fortunes of Berwick.—The Son of James.—Berwick’s
Report on the
Army.—Imprudent Saying of Villars.—“The
Good Little Fellow” in a
Scrape.—What Happens to Him.
CHAPTER LIV
