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Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 2

Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi de, 1613-1679· 2 chapters· 48,624 words

MADAME:--I lay it down as a maxim, that men who enter the service of the State should make it their chief study to set out in the world with some notable act which may strike the imagination of the people, and cause themselves to be discussed. Thus I preached first upon All Sa...

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1. Chapter 1

MADAME:--I lay it down as a maxim, that men who enter the service of the State should make it their chief study to set out in the world with some notable act which may strike th...

2. Chapter 2

Upon this the deputies were resolved to insist upon excluding the Cardinal from the conference, a determination which was so odious to the people that, had we permitted it, we s...