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"And what was Comminges saying to you in reply, my good Guitant?" "My lord," said Comminges, "I answered that to compose a Ligue only one ingredient was wanting in my opinion an essential one a Duc de Guise; moreover, no generation ever does the same thing twice." "No, but they mean to make a Fronde, as they call it," said Guitant. "And what is a Fronde?" inquired Mazarin.
Still, in spite of all this, they had not become more royalist, for some time later, having arrested the Marquis of La Noussaie and the Viscount of Denoual, it cost the former twelve thousand crowns to get out of prison and the latter two thousand. Then, fearing that Pont-Brient would interrupt commercial relations with Dinan and the other cities in the Ligue, they attacked and subjected it.
"My ancestor of the time of the Ligue," I replied, "married a Huguenot lady out of the Saintonge, riding two hundred miles through an enemy's country to bring off his bride; and it was a happy marriage." "Well," he began; and then looked down into the fire and became silent. "Well?" I asked. "Well, there's this business of Goguelat," said he, still looking at the coals in the grate. "What!"
Who, in fact, was not the Author; but was not believed on his denial; and saw himself, in spite of his high connections, ruthlessly lodged in the Bastille in consequence. 'Epic Poem, no less; LA LIGUE, as he then called it; which it was his hope the whole world would one day fall in love with; as it did. Law may be considered hopeless, even by M. Arouet Senior.
Their escape, after the Ligue of Cambray, should prove a useful lesson to them. I am glad you frequent the assemblies at Venice. Have you seen Monsieur and Madame Capello, and how did they receive you? Let me know who are the ladies whose houses you frequent the most. Have you seen the Comptesse d'Orselska, Princess of Holstein? Is Comte Algarotti, who was the TENANT there, at Venice?
"Madame," said Monsieur Vignevielle, "wad pud you bout so hearly dis morning?" She told him her errand. She asked if he thought she would find any thing. "Yez," he said, "it was possible a few lill' bécassines-de-mer, ou somezin' ligue. But fo' w'y you lill' gal lose doze hapetide?"
" the marvel of the ball-room could handle a partner of twice his weight; the speaker had seen him take a lady so tall that his head hardly came up to her bosom, whirl her in the waltz from right to left this way! and then, as quick as lightning, turn and whirl her this way, from left to right "so grezful ligue a peajohn!
"There is a general ligue and confederation complotted far the subversion and ruin of religion upon the subsistence whereof his Majesty doth judge the main welfare of your realms and of these Provinces solely to consist.
Young Arouet passed eleven months in the Bastille; he there wrote the first part of the poem called La Henriade, under the title of La Ligue; when he at last obtained his release in April, 1718, he at the same time received orders to reside at Chatenay, where his father had a country house.
Caterina Selvaggio was one of the Queen's favourite Italian waiting-women. Sully, Mém. vol. iv. pp. 93, 94. Rambure, MS. Mém. vol. i. p. 332. Capefigue, Hist, de la Réforme, de la Ligue, et du Règne de Henri IV, vol. viii. pp. 147, 148. Histoire de la Mère et du Fils, a continuation of the Memoirs of Richelieu, incorrectly attributed to Mézeray, vol. i. p. 7.
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