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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 217 — V. OF SOCIETY AND OF CONVERSATION.

Henri Van Laun translation

It is generally supposed Theodemus was a certain Abbé de Drubec, who stopped short in the middle of a sermon preached before the court of Louis XIV.; others imagine it was a hit at the Abbé Bertier, who became bishop of Blois in 1697.

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