parmesane

Updated: May 7, 2025

Granted that the Abbé Alberoni may have transformed the most ambitious princess in Europe into "a jolly Parmesane fattened upon cheese and butter," and that the habitual circumspection of Madame des Ursins did not protect her against the clumsiness of such a snare may be true, however unlikely; but it is at least doubtful that the camerara mayor could have cherished such illusion when she presented herself for the first time before the new Queen at the interview at Xadraque.

Sutherland Menzies - Political Women, Vol. 2