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The Works of Voltaire, Vol. IV of XLIII, Romances, Vol. III of III, and A Treatise on Toleration

Note * — DIALOGUE BE­TWEEN MA­DAME DE MAIN­TE­NON AND MA­DE­MOI­SELLE DE L’EN­CLOS.*

William F. Fleming translation

MADAME DE MAINTENON.—’Tis true, I did request you to come to see me privately, perhaps you * Ma­dame de Main­te­non and Ma­de­moi­selle Ni­non de l’En­clos had lived long to­geth­er. The au­thor has often heard the late Abbé de Châ­teau­neuf say, that Ma­dame de Main­te­non had used her ut­most en­dea­vors to en­gage Ni­non to turn nun, and to come and com­fort her at Ver­sailles.

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