'I have finished all dear old Sevigne's Letters and since then read Anquetil's "Louis XIV Sa Cour et le Regent" - A most admirably entertaining work in four moderate little volumes.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sarah Harriet Burney Print: Book
'I have finished all dear old Sevigne's letters, and since then read Anquetils' "Louis XIV, Sa Cour, et le Regent". - a most admirably entertaining work, in four moderate little volumes. He stells a story of Le Regent truly characteristic - He was obliged to pass a few days in the country which he hated, & the people round him perceiving his ennui, proposed une partie de chasse - "Non, je n'aime pas la chasse" - A game at billiards - "Non, je n'aime pas le billiard" - Une lecture amusante - "Non, je n'aime pas la lecture". Then what [underlined] should [end underlining] they do? - Why nothing - for to own the truth, he had no pleasure in innocent amusements. [His] words were 'Je n'aime point les plaisirs innocents!" - [The] laughable though desperate profligacy of this answer, makes me shout.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Sarah Harriet Burney Print: Book
