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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Note 7 — MONEY MANIA.—THE MISSISSIPPI SCHEME.

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The curious reader may find an anecdote of the eagerness of the French ladies to retain Law in their company, which will make him blush or smile according as he happens to be very modest or the reverse. It is related in the Letters of Madame Charlotte Elizabeth de Bavière, Duchess of Orleans, vol. ii. p. 274. Return

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