Letter to Thomas Gray (1766) [ ]
… cheerful; yet I have seen a transient silent cloud when politics are talked of. Madam e de Boufflers, wo was in England, is a savante, mistress of the Prince of Conti, and very desirous of being his wife. She is two women, the upper … and it has been m y fault if I am not at the head of a numerous sect:—but when I left a triumphant party in England, I did not come hither to be at the head of a fashion. However, I have been sent for about like an African prince …
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