The XVIIIth century; its institutions, customs, and costumes France, 1700-1789 . Id W« C!WH D-1 O a; /5 O CO SOCIETY. 4:9 Petit dc Bachaumont, who was a dilettante, cspeciall\-in regard to artistic matters, composed out of these two registers theofficial journal of the days news, whicli his pupil, Pidansat de Mairo-. Fis. 379-- Winter: afier bert, continued even after the death of INIadame Doublet de Persan(1771). Her intimates had comprised St. Palaze, Mairan, the Abbede Voisnenon, Piron, Falconet, Foncemagne, Perrin, Devaur, dArgen-tal, and the Chevalier de Mouhy. The


The XVIIIth century; its institutions, customs, and costumes France, 1700-1789 . Id W« C!WH D-1 O a; /5 O CO SOCIETY. 4:9 Petit dc Bachaumont, who was a dilettante, cspeciall\-in regard to artistic matters, composed out of these two registers theofficial journal of the days news, whicli his pupil, Pidansat de Mairo-. Fis. 379-- Winter: afier bert, continued even after the death of INIadame Doublet de Persan(1771). Her intimates had comprised St. Palaze, Mairan, the Abbede Voisnenon, Piron, Falconet, Foncemagne, Perrin, Devaur, dArgen-tal, and the Chevalier de Mouhy. The latter was on such friendlyterms with the police, that he no doubt kept them well-informed as to 430 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. what took place in this salon, though, for the matter of that, theadmission of four or five women, Madame du Boccage and MadamedArgental amongst the; number, was an assurance that secrecywould be preserved no longer. As a matter of fact, their indiscreettalk contributed in no small degree to bring about the suppressionof these news-sheets. Madame Doublet had, however, some imitators, though they werenot so clever or so well-informed as she was. A year before thesuicide of Mairobert (i 779) had dispersed the members of this coterie,Patrin de la Blancherie started, on his own account, a weekly sheetca


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