MEMOIRS OF LOUIS XV. & XVI.



By Hausset and Princess Lamballe





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"It was indigestion."

ENLARGE



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Madame du Hausset



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Madame Pompadour



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Marie Antoinette in the Temple

A liar ought to have a good memoryAir of science calculated to deceivethe vulgarAnd scarcely a woman; for your answersare very shortBad habit of talking very indiscreetlybefore othersBeaumarchais sent arms to the AmericansBecause he is fat, he is thought dulland heavyCan make a Duchess a beggar, but cannotmake a beggar a DuchessCanvassing for a majority to set upD'OrleansClergy enjoyed one-third the nationalrevenuesClouds—you may see what you please inthemDanger of confiding the administrationto noblemenDared to say to me, so he writesDead always in fault, and cannot be putout of sight too soonDeclaring the Duke of Orleans theconstitutional KingDo not repulse him in his fond momentsEducate his children as quietists inmatters of religionEmbonpoint of the French PrincessesFatal error of conscious rectitudeFeel themselves injured by the favourshown to othersFew individuals except Princesses dowith parade and publicityFoolishly occupying themselves withpetty mattersFrailty in the ambitious, through whichthe artful can actFrench people do not do things byhalvesFresh proof of the intrigues of theJesuitsHe who quits the field loses itHonesty is to be trusted before geniusHow difficult it is to do goodI dared not touch that stringInfinite astonishment at his sharingthe common destinyIt is an ill wind that blows no one anygoodJudge of men by the company they keepLaughed at qualities she could notcomprehendLes culottes—what do you call them?''Small clothes'Listeners never hear any good ofthemselvesMadame made the Treaty of SiennaMany an aching heart rides in acarriageMind well stored against humancasualtiesMoney the universal lever, and you arein want of itMore dangerous to attack the habits ofmen than their religionMy little English protegeeNo phrase becomes a proverb until aftera century's experienceOffering you the spectacle of mym                        
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