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There was, on the face of things, every reason why the great and all-powerful Cardinal should leave his nieces to their genteel poverty; and we can imagine both the astonishment and delight with which Madame Mancini received the summons to Paris which meant such a revolution in life for her and her daughters. If the Mancini girls had no heritage of money, they had at least the dower of beauty.
I rapped out an oath at the news; they had got scent of Andrea's whereabouts, and were after him like sleuth-hounds on a trail. "Remain here, Michelot," I answered in a low voice. "Tell them that M. de Mancini is not here, that the only occupant of the inn is your master, a gentleman from Normandy, or Picardy, or where you will.
There was a moment's pause, then came Vilmorin's shrill voice. "You lie, knave! M. de Mancini is here. You are M. de Luynes's lackey, and where the one is, there shall we find the other." "M. de Luynes?" came a voice unknown to me. "That is Mancini's sword-blade of a friend, is it not? Well, why does he hide himself? Where is he? Where is your master, rascal?"
He placed it respectfully behind his aunt, and resumed his position on her left. This bold act was received by the judiciary with a frown, by the other spectators with a murmur of applause, and by the beautiful daughter of the house of Mancini with one of those bewitching smiles which have been celebrated in the sonnets of Benserade, Corneille, Moliere, St. Evremont, and La Fontaine.
It is an important communication which I wish to make to your eminence to-night that is all." Mazarin immediately thought of that marked attention which the king had given to his words concerning Mademoiselle de Mancini, and the communication appeared to him probably to refer to this source.
One question regarding the old method remains to be answered. This has to do with the use of the empirical precepts in practical instruction. So far as the written record goes we have no means of answering this question. Neither Tosi nor Mancini mentions the old precepts in any way. The answer can therefore be only conjectural.
Hortensia Mancini, Duchess de Mazarin, who was commonly thought to be the finest woman in Europe, and more than that a very great lady, aunt of the Duchess of York, might have easily supplanted the "baby-faced" Querouaille in the inconstant heart of Charles Stuart, but that the haughty Italian paid small attention to the predilections of that prince, whom she cut to the quick by receiving before his face the advances of the Prince de Monaco, and so Charles returned "
Tosi and Mancini do not even mention the subject of breathing. Breathing has been made the subject of exhaustive mechanical and muscular analysis, for one reason, and for only one reason. This is, because the action of breathing is the only mechanical feature of singing which can be exhaustively studied.
The letter is transcribed in Vischer, p. 359. Vasari, iii. 683. Vasari, iii. 692. Vasari, iii. 693. Mancini, "Notizie," 94. Arch. Gen. di Contratti di Firenze. Rogiti di Ser Baldelli. Filza dal 1507 al 1524.
Marriage of Olympia Mancini. Mademoiselle d'Argencourt. The Pope's choir. Mary Mancini. Description of Mary Mancini. Mary Mancini becomes a member of the court. Her influence over Louis. Ambitious views of Mazarin. Projects for the marriage of Louis XIV. Diplomatic efforts with Spain. The Princess of Orange. Power of Mary Mancini. The Princess Marguerite. Anger of the queen regent.
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