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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 10 — INTRODUCTION.

Henri Van Laun translation

See the Chapter “Of the Great,” page 230, § 25. When, in the Chapter “Of Certain Customs,” page 408, § 14, he speaks of his “descent from a certain Godfrey de la Bruyère,” he does so jocularly.

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