Memoirs of Count Grammont 2
Memoirs of Count Grammont 2
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Toulongeon will die without my assistance.] Count de Toulongeon was elder brother to Count Grammont^ who by his deaths in 1679^ became^ according to St.
Evremond^ on that event, one of the richest noblemen at court. See a Letter of St. Evre- mond to the Count on this event. St. Evre^ fnond*s Works, Vol. 11. p. 3*27.
Ibid. Semeac,'] A country seat, belong- ing to the family of the Grammonts.
P. 48. He was extremely handsome.] George Villiers, the second Duke of Buck- NOTES. 255 ingham^ was bora ...SO Jan. .l627- Lord Or- ford observes^ ^ When this extraordinary man^ with the figure and genius of Alci^' blades, could equally charm the presby terian Fairfax, and the dissolute Charles; when he alike ridiculed that witty king, and his so- lemn chancellor; when he plotted the ruin of his country with a cabal of bad ministers; or^ equally unprincipled^ supported its cause with bad patriots ; one laments that such parts should have been devoid of every vir- tue: but when Alcibiades turns chymist; when he is a real bubble^ and a visionary miser; when ambition is but a frolic; when the worst designs are for the foolishest ends ; contempt extinguishes all reflections on his character.* * The portrait of this duke has been drawn by four masterly hands : Burnet has hewQ^ it out with his rough chisel ; Count Hamilton touched it with that slight delicacy^ that finishes while it seems buMo sketch ; Dryden catched the living likeness ; Pope completed the historical resemblance.' Royal Authors^ Vol.11, p.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Toulongeon will die without my assistance.] Count de Toulongeon was elder brother to Count Grammont^ who by his deaths in 1679^ became^ according to St.
Evremond^ on that event, one of the richest noblemen at court. See a Letter of St. Evre- mond to the Count on this event. St. Evre^ fnond*s Works, Vol. 11. p. 3*27.
Ibid. Semeac,'] A country seat, belong- ing to the family of the Grammonts.
P. 48. He was extremely handsome.] George Villiers, the second Duke of Buck- NOTES. 255 ingham^ was bora ...SO Jan. .l627- Lord Or- ford observes^ ^ When this extraordinary man^ with the figure and genius of Alci^' blades, could equally charm the presby terian Fairfax, and the dissolute Charles; when he alike ridiculed that witty king, and his so- lemn chancellor; when he plotted the ruin of his country with a cabal of bad ministers; or^ equally unprincipled^ supported its cause with bad patriots ; one laments that such parts should have been devoid of every vir- tue: but when Alcibiades turns chymist; when he is a real bubble^ and a visionary miser; when ambition is but a frolic; when the worst designs are for the foolishest ends ; contempt extinguishes all reflections on his character.* * The portrait of this duke has been drawn by four masterly hands : Burnet has hewQ^ it out with his rough chisel ; Count Hamilton touched it with that slight delicacy^ that finishes while it seems buMo sketch ; Dryden catched the living likeness ; Pope completed the historical resemblance.' Royal Authors^ Vol.11, p.
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