Identifier: louisedelavalli01lair (find matches)
Title: Louise de La Vallière and the early life of Louis XIV
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Lair, Jules Auguste, 1836- (from old catalog) Mayne, Ethel Colburn, d. 1941, tr
Subjects: La Vallière, Françoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, duchesse de, 1644-1710 Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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nd after a ball he goes to the riding-school, orelse exercises with the lance, or at thtjeu de tetey In the ballet of Les z^^rts. Mile de La Valliere playeda Shepherdess and an Amazon. Benserade expressedhimself again with much tact : Non, sans doute, il nest pas de bergere plus bellePour elle cependant qui sose declarer?La presse nest pas grande a soupirer pour elleQuoiquelle soit si propre a faire soupirer. Elle a dans ses beaux yeux une douce langueur,Et bien quen apparence aucun nen soit la cause,Pour peu quil fut permis de fouiller dans son coeurOn ne laisserait pas dy trouver quelque chose. Mais pourquoi la-dessus s6tendre da vantage ?Suffit quon ne sauroit en dire trop de bien ;Et je ne pense pas que dans tout le village II se rencontre un coeur mieux plac6 que le sien. Past-master in the art of saying nothing, yet im-plying everything, Benserade pleased the Court withthese happy allusions, while taking care not to displeasethe King, who surrounded his love with so muchmystery.
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Louise de La Valli^rc 121 Loret also embalmed her in the following verse : Lagr6able de La ValliereQui dune excellente maniere,Et dun air plus divin qu humainDansa, la houlette a la main ;Puis apres changeant la cadence,En amazone avec la lance,Ayant le port et la fierteDune Belle de quality. Louise de La Valliere occupied in reality the mostmediocre position, although she was the object ofso many ovations, and of so much jealousy andintrigue. She no longer rendered the ordinaryduties of her position to Madame, but she stillremained one of her maids. She had one little roomin the garrets of the Castle, and, except for a fewjewels and fripperies, she had no love-tokens fromthe King. At this time Louis XIV., whose poverty-stricken days were only just over, was anything butlavish ; and besides, our proud and delicate-mindedLouise asked only love for love. She did not evenmake a virtue of her discretion. This girl of seven-teen, already tortured by remorse, and, when remorsehad passed, pr

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