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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 470 — IX. OF THE GREAT.

Henri Van Laun translation

Achille de Harlay (1639-1712), President of the Parliament of Paris, and descended from an illustrious line of magistrates, is said to have feigned an excess of modesty which was not natural to him. See also page 45, note 122.

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