himself eloquent when only insolent or impertinent
Two hundred and twenty thousand prostitute licenses
Under the notion of being frank, are rude
United States will be exposed to Napoleon's outrages
Usurped the easy direction of ignorance
Vices or virtues of all civilized nations are relatively the same
Want is the parent of industry
We are tired of everything, even of our existence
Were my generals as great fools as some of my Ministers
Which crime in power has interest to render impenetrable
Who complains is shot as a conspirator
With us, unfortunately, suspicion is the same as conviction
Would cease to rule the day he became just

MEMOIRS OF COUNT GRAMMONT

By Anthony Hamilton

EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY SIR WALTER SCOTT

CONTENTS:

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF ANTHONY HAMILTON

CHAPTER FIRST.
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER SECOND.
ARRIVAL OF THE CHEVALIER GRAMMONT AT THE SIEGE OF TRINO,
AND THE LIFE HE LED THERE

CHAPTER THIRD.
EDUCATION AND ADVENTURES OF THE CHEVALIER GRAMMONT BEFORE
HIS COMING TO THE SIEGE OF TRINO

CHAPTER FOURTH.
HIS ARRIVAL AT THE COURT OF TURIN, AND HOW HE SPENT HIS TIME THERE

CHAPTER FIFTH.
HE RETURNS TO THE COURT OF FRANCE--HIS ADVENTURES AT THE SIEGE OF
ARRAS--HIS REPLY TO CARDINAL MAZARIN--HE IS BANISHED THE COURT

CHAPTER SIXTH.
HIS ARRIVAL AT THE ENGLISH COURT--THE VARIOUS PERSONAGES OF
THIS COURT

CHAPTER SEVENTH.
HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH MISS HAMILTON--VARIOUS ADVENTURES AT THE BALL
IN THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM--CURIOUS VOYAGE OF HIS VALET-DE-CHAMBRE
TO AND FROM PARIS

CHAPTER EIGHTH.
FUNNY ADVENTURE OF THE CHAPLAIN POUSSATIN--THE STORY OF THE SIEGE OF
LERIDA--MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF YORK, AND OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE
ENGLISH COURT

CHAPTER NINTH.
VARIOUS LOVE INTRIGUES AT THE ENGLISH COURT

CHAPTER TENTH.
OTHER LOVE INTRIGUES AT THE ENGLISH COURT

CHAPTER ELEVENTH.
RETURN OF THE CHEVALIER GRAMMONT TO FRANCE--HE IS SENT BACK TO
ENGLAND--VARIOUS LOVE INTRIGUES AT THIS COURT, AND MARRIAGE OF MOST
OF THE HEROES OF THESE MEMOIRS

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
OF
ANTHONY HAMILTON.

Anthony Hamilton, the celebrated author of the Grammont Memoirs, much
cannot now be with certainty known.

[For uniformity's sake the writer of this sketch has followed the
Memoirs in the spelling of this name; but he thinks it necessary to