--His last Hours.--His Religion.--Death of
Villiers.--The Duchess of Buckingham. p. 1
COUNT DE GRAMMONT, ST. EVREMOND, AND LORD ROCHESTER.
De Grammont's Choice.--His Influence with Turenne.--The Church or
the Army?--An Adventure at Lyons.--A brilliant Idea.--De
Grammont's Generosity.--A Horse 'for the
Cards.'--Knight-Cicisbeism.--De Grammont's first Love.--His
Witty Attacks on Mazarin.--Anne Lucie de la Mothe
Houdancourt.--Beset with Snares.--De Grammont's Visits to
England.--Charles II.--The Court of Charles II.--Introduction
of Country-dances.--Norman Peculiarities.--St. Evremond, the
Handsome Norman.--The most Beautiful Woman in Europe.--Hortense
Mancini's Adventures.--Madame Mazarin's House at
Chelsea.--Anecdote of Lord Dorset.--Lord Rochester in his
Zenith.--His Courage and Wit--Rochester's Pranks in the
City.--Credulity, Past and Present--'Dr. Bendo,' and La Belle
Jennings.--La Triste Heritiere.--Elizabeth, Countess of
Rochester.--Retribution and Reformation.--Conversion.--Beaux
without Wit.--Little Jermyn.--An Incomparable Beauty.
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