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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 497 — X. OF THE SOVEREIGN AND THE STATE.487

Henri Van Laun translation

In the month of July 1690, a rumour spread in Paris that William III. was dead, upon which many people publicly rejoiced, until the news came that the report was false. The “Keys” of the old English versions name for the first and second prince “the Duke of Savoy and the king of Spain.”

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