Memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon on the times of Louis XIVand the regencyTranslated and abridged by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, from the edcollated with the original manuscript by MChéruelIllustrated with portsFrom the original . t, ever to beregretted, and who is so, universally, shamed by his greatlabours at his advanced age the robust lives of bishops,theologians, and the most learned and the most laboriousof savants. The king rejected Troisvilles (custom pronounces thename Trdville) for the French Academy, to which he hadTroisvilles elected been elected, saying that he did not approve an
Memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon on the times of Louis XIVand the regencyTranslated and abridged by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, from the edcollated with the original manuscript by MChéruelIllustrated with portsFrom the original . t, ever to beregretted, and who is so, universally, shamed by his greatlabours at his advanced age the robust lives of bishops,theologians, and the most learned and the most laboriousof savants. The king rejected Troisvilles (custom pronounces thename Trdville) for the French Academy, to which he hadTroisvilles elected been elected, saying that he did not approve and refused by the ^f ^^ ^^^ ^.^ ^^^^ ^j^^^ anOthcr. Trols- king for the Academy. villcs was a gcutlcman of Bdarn, of mind and culture, very agreeable and very gallant. He entered societyunder fortunate circumstances, and was much sought andwelcomed by ladies of the highest lineage, intelHgence,and even pride, w4th whom he stood for a long time morethan well. He did not like war as well as he liked theCourt; the fatigues of it did not suit his laziness, nor therattle of arms his delicate tastes. His courage was ques-tioned. However that may be, he was soon disgusted witha profession for which he felt he was not made. He could. -^^yl^dfM^^i/^ 1704] MEMOIES OF THE DUG DE SAINT-SIMON. 289 not hold himself superior to the effect produced by suchconduct, and he flung himself into devotion, abjured theCourt, and left the world. The sort of piety that reigned atthe famous Port-Eoyal was that of persons of education, in-teUigence, and good taste. Accordingly he turned in thatdirection, and for many years persevered in solitude andgreat devotion. But he was fickle and yielding. Amuse-ment tempted him; he went to his own part of the countryand there led a dissipated Ufe; returned to Paris, took uphis religious duties to atone for his weakness, and frequentedthe ladies toilettes. His foot shpped, and from being pioushe became philosophical; began once more to give choice re-pasts, and to e
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