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CHAPTER XLVI

Memoirs of Louis Xiv and His Court and of the Regency — Complete · Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon — chapter 45 of 236 · ~34 words · public domain

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Death 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.

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