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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 390 — VIII. OF THE COURT.

Henri Van Laun translation

This is said to be an allusion to a certain Italian quack, Caretto or Caretti, then the fashion, who is mentioned by Saint-Simon in his Mémoires and by Madame de Sévigné in her Letters.

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