Author : Louis de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333372729
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (727 download)
Book Synopsis An Infamous Regent's Rule, 1717-1723, Vol. 6 by : Louis de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon
Download or read book An Infamous Regent's Rule, 1717-1723, Vol. 6 written by Louis de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Infamous Regent's Rule, 1717-1723, Vol. 6: An Abridged Translation With Notes From the Memoirs of the Duke De Saint-Simon One day, as there was a great deal of business before the committee, we agreed to have two sittings on the morrow, morning and afternoon; and, as our meetings were held at the Chancellor's house, he asked all the members to dine with him, to save them the trouble of going away and coming back again; he also gave me a special invitation. When the morning sitting was over he came up to me and said, in a sort of appealing manner, that it was just dinner-time. I replied by asking him to tell me the exact time at which the afternoon sitting was to begin, so that I might be back punctually. He seemed surprised, and begged me to stay to dinner but I told him plainly that I really could not dine in company with the Duke de Noailles any other day, I said, I should be most happy to dine with him and make up for what I was losing. Marshal de Villeroy, the Arch bishop oi Bordeaux, and other members of the committee came up, however, and added their entreaties to his. At last I gave way on condition that the Duke de Noailles' place should be as far removed from mine as possible. The dinner was very good and every one seemed pleased that I had stayed the Duke de Noailles, however, though usually so unembarrassed in his manners, seemed ill at ease he tried to chatter away, but any one could see that it was forced. Towards the middle of dinner he felt unwell, or pretended to do so, and left the table; the Chancellor's wife went to see what was the matter, and returned with the report that he had the vapours he finished his dinner in another room, but returned when coffee was served. All the company, especially the Chancellor and his wife, thanked me warmly for coming; I did not conceal that it was a great sacrifice on my part, and that the Duke de N oailles' absence during the latter part of dinner had been a great relief to me. This was the only occasion on which there were two sittings in one day the afternoon meetings were held more frequently, and were more prolonged. I fancy the Chancellor did not wish to expose the Duke de Noailles and myself to the unpleasantness of meeting at dinner a second time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
