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Excerpt from The Real Louis, the Fifteenth, Vol. 1: With 34 Full-Page Portraits, Including 2 Photogravure Plates
Up to 1749, however, the Priest, under one guise or another, and the Petticoat, in frequently changing form, ruled contemporaneously and frequently con jointly. After that date the ruling element became gradually centred in the decision Of Pompadour, an invalid and bourgeoise mistress who had long ceased to charm, or the whim Of du Barry, a vulgar and self-assured courtesan who sprang from the lowest ranks Of the people.
Great indeed is the change with which we are con fronted when we close the volume Of the atheistical Regent Of the Roués and Open that Of the degrading days of Louis XV., the devout pupil, so far as form goes, of holy Mother Church.
One passes at once from the full light Of day at the palais-royal, where every action, no matter how well intentioned, no matter how ignoble, takes place before all the world, to the gloom Of night in the darksome petits cabinets Of Versailles. There, one unpatriotic trick, one infamous or inglorious intrigue succeeds the other, all alike evolved from the cunning brain of the Jesuit without; it may be at Issy or saint-sulpice close by, or in the tricky purlieus Of the Court of Madrid.
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Up to 1749, however, the Priest, under one guise or another, and the Petticoat, in frequently changing form, ruled contemporaneously and frequently con jointly. After that date the ruling element became gradually centred in the decision Of Pompadour, an invalid and bourgeoise mistress who had long ceased to charm, or the whim Of du Barry, a vulgar and self-assured courtesan who sprang from the lowest ranks Of the people.
Great indeed is the change with which we are con fronted when we close the volume Of the atheistical Regent Of the Roués and Open that Of the degrading days of Louis XV., the devout pupil, so far as form goes, of holy Mother Church.
One passes at once from the full light Of day at the palais-royal, where every action, no matter how well intentioned, no matter how ignoble, takes place before all the world, to the gloom Of night in the darksome petits cabinets Of Versailles. There, one unpatriotic trick, one infamous or inglorious intrigue succeeds the other, all alike evolved from the cunning brain of the Jesuit without; it may be at Issy or saint-sulpice close by, or in the tricky purlieus Of the Court of Madrid.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author(s) - Andrew C. P. Haggard
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ISBN - 9780265253397
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Page Count - 397
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ISBN - 9781332031016
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 399
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