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The young men were terrified at the sight of the king, and would have hidden their cards and money. "Don't put yourselves out," said the kindly monarch, "take care that Tanucci doesn't catch you, but don't mind me." His father was extremely fond of him up to the time when he was obliged to resist the paternal orders in deference to State reasons.
He assured us that no one could help liking him, because he always preferred to be treated as a friend rather than a monarch. "He is never more grieved," said Pascal, "than when his minister Tanucci shews him that he must be severe, and his greatest joy is to grant a favour."
He assured us that no one could help liking him, because he always preferred to be treated as a friend rather than a monarch. "He is never more grieved," said Pascal, "than when his minister Tanucci shews him that he must be severe, and his greatest joy is to grant a favour."
The young men were terrified at the sight of the king, and would have hidden their cards and money. "Don't put yourselves out," said the kindly monarch, "take care that Tanucci doesn't catch you, but don't mind me." His father was extremely fond of him up to the time when he was obliged to resist the paternal orders in deference to State reasons.
The first is that though the Jesuits were said to be so rich, not a penny was found upon them at the suppression; the second, that though the Scrivani of Naples are supposed to take no fees, yet their wealth is immense; the third, that while all the other young couples have children sooner or later, we have none; and the fourth, that all men die at last, except Tanucci, who, I believe, will live on in 'saecula saeculorum'."
The first is that though the Jesuits were said to be so rich, not a penny was found upon them at the suppression; the second, that though the Scrivani of Naples are supposed to take no fees, yet their wealth is immense; the third, that while all the other young couples have children sooner or later, we have none; and the fourth, that all men die at last, except Tanucci, who, I believe, will live on in 'saecula saeculorum'."
The minister Tanucci called on the king to punish this infringement of the sumptuary laws, and as the king had not yet learnt to resist his ministers, the duke and his wife were exiled to this earthly paradise. But a paradise which is a prison is no paradise at all; they were both dying of ennui, and our arrival was balm in Gilead to them.
The minister Tanucci called on the king to punish this infringement of the sumptuary laws, and as the king had not yet learnt to resist his ministers, the duke and his wife were exiled to this earthly paradise. But a paradise which is a prison is no paradise at all; they were both dying of ennui, and our arrival was balm in Gilead to them.
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