Letter to Thomas Gray (1766) [ ]
… to her. She has little taste and less knowledge, but protects artisans and authors, and courts a few people to have the credit of serving her dependents. She was bred under the famous Madam e Tencin, wh o advised her never to refuse any man; … her to stay. The King recovered his spirits, d'Argenson was banished, and la Marechale inherited part of the mistress's credit.—I must interrupt m y history of illustrious women with an anecdote of Monsieur de Maurepas, with who m I a m much … lives in a small circle of dependent admirers, and Madame de Rochfort is high priestess for a small salary of credit. The Duchess of Choiseul, the only young one of these heroines, is not very pretty, but has fine eyes, and is a …
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