. Louis the Fourteenth and the court of France in the seventeenth century. Louis XIV. and The Court of Francein the Seventeenth Century CHAPTER I Increasing Favour of Madame de Montespan—The Crown ofAgrippina—Puerility of Monsieur—Madame Scarron—(.en-sity of Madame de Montespan- Madame ScarronGouv-ernante—Disgust of Louis XIV. to St. Germain—SuperstitiousTerrors—Birth ol the Duke o( Maine—The Baby-Abbot—The New Marquise—Portrait of Madame de Maintenon byLa Valliere—Wretchedness of La Valliere—Harshness ofLouis XIV.—Second Flight of La Valliere to a Convent—AN at with the Carmelites—Mission of


. Louis the Fourteenth and the court of France in the seventeenth century. Louis XIV. and The Court of Francein the Seventeenth Century CHAPTER I Increasing Favour of Madame de Montespan—The Crown ofAgrippina—Puerility of Monsieur—Madame Scarron—(.en-sity of Madame de Montespan- Madame ScarronGouv-ernante—Disgust of Louis XIV. to St. Germain—SuperstitiousTerrors—Birth ol the Duke o( Maine—The Baby-Abbot—The New Marquise—Portrait of Madame de Maintenon byLa Valliere—Wretchedness of La Valliere—Harshness ofLouis XIV.—Second Flight of La Valliere to a Convent—AN at with the Carmelites—Mission of M. Colbert—Ostenta-tion of Madame de Montespan—Indignation of the Clergy —M. de Bossuet and the favourite—The African Embassy—The Second Wife of the Sovereign—The Missionaries—The Black Dwarf—Accouchement of the Queen—The NewDuchess of Orleans; Her Reception at the French Court;Her Portrait by Her Own Hand; Hei Personal Habits; Herf-Respect Lauzun at Pignerol Fouquet and Lauzun—The Duke of Longueville. Till, increasing p


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