Note 322 — VII. OF THE TOWN.322
Henri Van Laun translation
Now we speak of town and country, but in La Bruyèreʼs time people mentioned the town or city and the court, wholly different in customs and manners. Boileau begins his Satires with the two following lines—
“Damon, ce grand auteur dont la muse fertile, Amusa si long-temps et la cour et la ville.”
Our author places his chapter “Of the Town” before that “Of the Court” and “Of the Great,” and leads up to that “Of the Sovereign.”