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THE MARQUIS D'ARGENSON
THE MARQUIS D'ARGENSON:
A STUDY IN CRITICISM;
BEING THE STANHOPE
ESSAY: OXFORD, 1893
BY
ARTHUR OGLE
EXHIBITIONER OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE
London
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
MDCCCXCIII
CONTENTS.
I.
1630-1721.
| A friend of Richelieu and Mazarin, | 10 |
| A hapless ambassador, | 11 |
| A great chief of the Parisian police, | 14 |
II.
1694-1724.
| A man of the world who can count his conquests, | 23 |
| Schooldays: emancipation, | 24 |
| Death of Louis XIV.: a retrospect, | 26 |
| Entry into public life: relations with his father, | 28 |
| Director of the Press, | 30 |
| In battle with the Parlement against the schemes of Law, | 31 |
| In the Rue Quincampoix, | 33 |
| Law arrested by d'Argenson, Intendant of Valenciennes, | 34 |