Journal and memoirs . Copyright, 1901By Hardy. Pratt & Company All Rights Reserved / 1 I CONTENTS. FaoeIntroduction bt Sainte-Beuve 1 Translators Note 39 CHAPTER I.—1694-1732. Family history. — Beginning of his fathers fortune. — The latterscharacter and career. — Education of himself and brother. — Col-lege life. — Entrance into the world. — His fathers advice. — Char-acteristics of the family. — Decides never to gamble. — Is intendantof Hainaut in 1720, when twenty-five years old. — Various reforma-tions introduced by him. — Obligations of the regent to his father. — Bitter feeling to

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Journal and memoirs . Copyright, 1901By Hardy. Pratt & Company All Rights Reserved / 1 I CONTENTS. FaoeIntroduction bt Sainte-Beuve 1 Translators Note 39 CHAPTER I.—1694-1732. Family history. — Beginning of his fathers fortune. — The latterscharacter and career. — Education of himself and brother. — Col-lege life. — Entrance into the world. — His fathers advice. — Char-acteristics of the family. — Decides never to gamble. — Is intendantof Hainaut in 1720, when twenty-five years old. — Various reforma-tions introduced by him. — Obligations of the regent to his father. — Bitter feeling to the Due de Saint-Simon. — Calamities inFrance at the arrival of Queen Maria Lecziuska. — Terrible povertyof the provinces. — Love-affair with Madame de G . . — Madamede Prie, mistress of Monsieur le Due. — She governs France for twoyears. — Her portrait and career. — Poisons herself. — Cardinal deFleury succeeds Monsieur le Due as prime-minister. — DArgensonreturns to

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