--Improvidence and Servility.--The
Society at Scarron's.--The Witty Conversation.--Francoise
D'Aubigne's Debut.--The Sad Story of La Belle
Indienne.--Matrimonial Considerations.--'Scarron's Wife will
live for ever.'--Petits Soupers.--Scarron's last Moments.--A
Lesson for Gay and Grave. p. 235
FRANCOIS DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT AND THE DUC DE SAINT-SIMON.
Rank and Good Breeding.--The Hotel de Rochefoucault.--Racine and
his Plays.--La Rochefoucault's Wit and Sensibility.--Saint-Simon's
Youth.--Looking out for a Wife.--Saint-Simon's Court Life.--The
History of Louise de la Valliere.--A mean Act of Louis
Quatorze.--All has passed away.--Saint-Simon's Memoirs of His
Own Time. p. 253
SUBJECTS OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME I.
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WHARTON'S ROGUISH PRESENT (_Frontispiece_)
VILLIERS IN DISGUISE--THE MEETING WITH HIS SISTER 14
DE GRAMMONT'S MEETING WITH LA BELLE HAMILTON 74
BEAU FIELDING AND THE SHAM WIDOW 85
A SCENE BEFORE KENSINGTON PALACE--GEORGE II.
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