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CHAPTER XXXII

Memoirs of Louis Xiv and His Court and of the Regency — Complete · Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon — chapter 31 of 236 · ~49 words · public domain

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Death of M. de Duras.--Selfishness of the King.--Anecdote of Puysieux.-- Character of Pontchartrain.--Why He Ruined the French Fleet.--Madame des Ursins at Last Resolves to Return to Spain.--Favours Heaped upon Her.-- M. de Lauzun at the Army.--His bon mot.--Conduct of M. de Vendome.-- Disgrace and Character of the Grand Prieur.

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