This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1791 edition. Excerpt: ...her own family, fhe was expofed to the malicious obfervations of envy. St Simon relates an incident in the conduct of the Dutches of Bourbon and the Princefs of Conti, which muft have been produced by jealoufy. ' The ' Dauphinefs, one evening, after prattling in fe-' veral different languages, and playing a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1791 edition. Excerpt: ...her own family, fhe was expofed to the malicious obfervations of envy. St Simon relates an incident in the conduct of the Dutches of Bourbon and the Princefs of Conti, which muft have been produced by jealoufy. ' The ' Dauphinefs, one evening, after prattling in fe-' veral different languages, and playing a num-' ber of childifli tricks, to amufe the King, ob-ferved her two fifters-in-law making ligns, and ' fhrugging their fhoulders, by way of con-' temptuous pity. When the King went out, ' taking the Ladies de St Simon and de Levi ' afide, me faid to them with great indignation, " Did you obferve their geftures? I know as " well as they that there is not common fenfe in " what I have faid and done; but the King " muft have noife, and things to divert him.' ' Then, leaning on the fhoulders of thofe La-' dies, and turning and leaping round them, fhe ' fung the chorus, Je vfen ris, Je m'en moque. ' The Ladies, in much confufion, begged her to ' be filent, for the PrincefTes heard; but the ' more they infifted, the louder me repeated, ' I " laugh at them; what elfe mould I do? I fhall " be tl be their Queen, and they will have to reckon Part HI. " with me.' ' Ah!' cries St Simon, ' fhe thought fo; the charming Princefs! and who then ' thought otherwife? It pleafed God to punifh ' us, by difpofing of her otherwife. 2 On-Friday the 5th of February, the Dau-ninef5 ' phinefs was, in the evening, feized with a fliivering, which continued all night, ceafed ' on Saturday, returned in the evening, conti-' nued through the night, and was moderate on ' Sunday. About fix in the evening, fhe felt a ' pain under her temple, which affected only ' about the breadth of a fmall piece of money, but was fo violent that the pangs of child-' bearing, fhe faid, were...
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