. Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer. 2i6 anecdote. -^"g- '4* Conti, as if he was speaking to M. de Vardes, *' Sir, (said he,^ fhew me, I beg of you, his high- nefs ;" and then turning to the abbe de Conac, " Pray which of these two mafks is his royal highnefs ?" In fliort this courtier made so maay gri- maces, and paid so many fulsome compliments in order to convince the prince of Conti that he was well disguised, that the abbe de Conac quite in a rage, cried out loud enough to be heard by the prince, " Fie, Mr de Roquette, you ought to be a- Ihamed of yourself; to
. Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer. 2i6 anecdote. -^"g- '4* Conti, as if he was speaking to M. de Vardes, *' Sir, (said he,^ fhew me, I beg of you, his high- nefs ;" and then turning to the abbe de Conac, " Pray which of these two mafks is his royal highnefs ?" In fliort this courtier made so maay gri- maces, and paid so many fulsome compliments in order to convince the prince of Conti that he was well disguised, that the abbe de Conac quite in a rage, cried out loud enough to be heard by the prince, " Fie, Mr de Roquette, you ought to be a- Ihamed of yourself; tor when his highnefs drtfbcs himself in masquerade, for his amusement, he knows very well that his Ihape, and that of M. de Vardes, are quite ; This spetch of the abbe de Conac, was noted down by his friend Guilleragues, who communicated it to Mohere. Anecdote of the cardinal de Ket%. The cardinal de Retz, told a friend of his that he had caused the war of the Froiide, solely with a view to marry madame de la Meilleraye with whom he was in love ; the old mar chal de la Meil- lerave was still living, though very infirm. It was true that he was coadjutor of Paris, bifhop of Co- rinih. and a priest : but he thought that by over- turning the state, to rendtr himself so considerable, thai (he pope would not dare to refuse him every Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Edinburgh
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