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Note 258 — VII PORTRAITS (continued 2)

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Charles-Auguste, Marquis de La Fare (1644-1712), a writer of light verse, whose life was wasted in indolence and ignoble pleasures. He was a constant guest at the Temple. See Sainte-Beuve, Caus. du Lundi, X.

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