Letter to Thomas Gray (1766) [ ]
… like Queen Elinor in the ballad, I sunk at Charing Cross, and have risen in the Faubourg St Germain. A plaisanterie on Rousseau, whose arrival here in his way to you brought me acquainted with many anecdotes conformable to the idea I had … of him, got about, was liked much more than it deserved, spread like wild-fire, and made me the subject of conversation. Rousseau's devotees were offended. Madame de Boufflers, with a tone of sentiment, and the accents of lamenting humanity, …
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