Memoirs of Louis Xiv And His Court And of the Regency volume 01
Memoirs of Louis Xiv And His Court And of the Regency volume 01
Louis De Rouvroy Saint Simon
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The honest people of the Court regretted a cynic who died at this time, I mean the Chevalier de Coislin. He was a most extraordinary man, very splenetic, and very difficult to deal with. He rarely left Versailles, and never went to see the King. I have seen him get out of the way not to meet him. He lived with Cardi- nal CoisHn, his brother. If anybody displeased him, he would go and sulk in his own room ; and if, whilst at table, any one came whom he did not Hke, he would throw away his plate,... go off to sulk, or to finish his dinner all alone. One circumstance will paint him completely. Being on a journey once with his broth- ers, the Due de Coislin and the Cardinal de Coislin, Saint-Simon 179 the party rested for the night at the house of a viva- cious and very pretty bourgeoise. The Due de Coislin v^as an exceedingly poHte man, and bestowed amiable compliments and civilities upon their hostess, much to the disgust of the Chevalier. At parting, the Duke re- newed the politeness he had displayed so abundantly the previous evening, and delayed the others by his long- winded flatteries.
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