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she saves the live of Conde, 10; her description of Conde's most pitiable condition, 11; characterises the Bourbons as much addicted to trifles, 69; a hint by which, looking at her portrait, her character may readily be read, 69; the commencement of her political and military career, 69; her companions-in-arms, the Countesses Fiesque and Frontenac, 70; she hoped to exchange the helmet of the Fronde for the crown of France, 70; she describes the Civil War as being a very amusing thing for her, 70; her defence of Orleans against the royal troops, 71; thrust through the gap of an old gateway and covered with mud, 71; hastens to arrest the massacre at the Hotel de Ville, 71; driven out of doors by her father--her wanderings, 72; expiates her pranks by four years' exile at St. Fargeau, 72; numerous pretenders to her hand, 72; the masquerades of 1657 carry the day over the political aims of 1652, 73; is reconciled to her cousin, Louis XIV., 73; conflicts of the heart succeed to political storms, 73; destined to extinguish with the wet blanket of vile prose the brilliancy of a long and romantic career, 73; history ought not to treat too harshly the Frondeuse of the blood-royal, 73; the supreme criterion for the appreciation of certain women is the man whom they have loved, 74; Lauzun makes an impression upon her at first sight, 74; her own account of the discovery of her love for him, 75; asks the king's permission to marry the Gascon cadet, 75; after giving permission, Louis XIV. retracts, 75; Mad. de Sevigne's laughable account of Mademoiselle's grief, 76; probability that a clandestine marriage had been accomplished, 76; Anquetil's account of a putative daughter, 76; a secret chamber occupied by Lauzun in the Chateau d'Eu, 76; she obtains Lauzun's release after ten years' captivity, 77; he shows her neither tenderness nor respect, but beats her, 78; they separate and never meet again, 78; her death at the Luxembourg, 78; her creditable position among French writers and her encouragement of literary men, 79 MONTELLANO, Duke de, replaces Archbishop Arias in the presidency of Castile, 172; counterbalances the authority of Porto-Carrero, 172; offended at the attitude of the princess, he resigns, 196. NEMOURS, Charles Amade
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