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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 317 — VI. OF THE GIFTS OF FORTUNE.

Henri Van Laun translation

According to the commentators, this refers to Jacques Bordier, intendant des finances, who, after having spent more than a million on his estate at Raincy, was obliged to leave it; but his creditors did not expel him, for it was sold by his heirs after his death.

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