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Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Lord Chamberlain" to "Luqman": Volume 17, Slice 1
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Various

Encyclopedias and dictionaries

General Works.--See the histories of France, the Emigration, the
  Restoration and especially the very full bibliographies to chapters
  i., ii. and iii. of _Cambridge Modern History_, and Lavisse and
  Rambaud, _Hist. générale_, vol. x.     (C. B. P.)


FOOTNOTES:

  [1] See Arneth and Geffroy, _Corr. de Marie-Thérèse avec le comte de
    Mercy-Argenteau_, vol. i., "Mercy to Maria Theresa, June 22nd, 1771,"
    also i. 261, ii. 186, 352, 393. Marie Antoinette says (ii. 393): "...
    à un caractère très faible, il joint une marche souterraine, et
    quelquefois très basse."

  [2] See his letters to Gustavus III. of Sweden in A. Geffroy,
    _Gustave III et la cour de France_, vol. ii. appendix.

  [3] Two pamphlets at least are ascribed to him: "Les Mannequins,
    conte ou histoire, comme l'on voudra" (against Turgot; anon., Paris,
    1776) and "Description historique d'un monstre symbolique pris vivant
    sur les bords du lac Fagua, près de Santa-Fé, par les soins de
    Francisco Xaveiro de Neunris" (against Calonne; Paris, 1784) (A.
    Debidour in _La Grande Encyclopédie_).

  [4] It has frequently been alleged that his relations with Mme de
    Balbi, and indeed with women generally, were of a platonic nature. De
    Reiset (_La Comtesse de Balbi_, pp. 152-161) produces evidence to
    disprove this assertion.

  [5] Antoine-Louis-François de Bésiade, comte, afterwards duc,
    d'Avaray. In spite of his loyalty and devotion, the effect of his
    influence on Louis XVIII. may be gathered from a letter of J. de
    Maistre to Blacas, quoted by E. Daudet, _Hist. de l'émigration_, ii.
    11: "celui qui n'a pu dans aucun pays aborder aucun homme politique
    sans l'aliéner n'est pas fait pour les affaires."

  [6] See Klinckowström, _Le Comte de Fersen et la cour de France_.
    Fersen says (i. 7), "Monsieur ferait mieux seul, mais il est
    entièrement subjugué par l'autre" (i.e. the comte d'Artois, who was
    in turn under the influence of Calonne). See Daudet, _op. cit._ vol.
    i.

  [7] See E. Daudet, _La Conjuration de Pichegru_ (Paris, 1901).

  [8] Pierre-Louis-Casimir, comte (afterwards duc) de Blacas d'Aulps,
    was as rigidly royalist as d'Avaray, but more able. E. Daudet, _Hist.
    de l'émigration_, i. 458, quotes a judgment of him by J. de Maistre:
    "Il est né homme d état et ambassadeur."

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History

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Lord Chamberlain" to "Luqman": Volume 17, Slice 1

Various

Encyclopedias and dictionaries

General Works.--See the histories of France, the Emigration, the
  Restoration and especially the very full bibliographies to chapters
  i., ii. and iii. of _Cambridge Modern History_, and Lavisse and
  Rambaud, _Hist. générale_, vol. x.     (C. B. P.)


FOOTNOTES:

  [1] See Arneth and Geffroy, _Corr. de Marie-Thérèse avec le comte de
    Mercy-Argenteau_, vol. i., "Mercy to Maria Theresa, June 22nd, 1771,"
    also i. 261, ii. 186, 352, 393. Marie Antoinette says (ii. 393): "...
    à un caractère très faible, il joint une marche souterraine, et
    quelquefois très basse."

  [2] See his letters to Gustavus III. of Sweden in A. Geffroy,
    _Gustave III et la cour de France_, vol. ii. appendix.

  [3] Two pamphlets at least are ascribed to him: "Les Mannequins,
    conte ou histoire, comme l'on voudra" (against Turgot; anon., Paris,
    1776) and "Description historique d'un monstre symbolique pris vivant
    sur les bords du lac Fagua, près de Santa-Fé, par les soins de
    Francisco Xaveiro de Neunris" (against Calonne; Paris, 1784) (A.
    Debidour in _La Grande Encyclopédie_).

  [4] It has frequently been alleged that his relations with Mme de
    Balbi, and indeed with women generally, were of a platonic nature. De
    Reiset (_La Comtesse de Balbi_, pp. 152-161) produces evidence to
    disprove this assertion.

  [5] Antoine-Louis-François de Bésiade, comte, afterwards duc,
    d'Avaray. In spite of his loyalty and devotion, the effect of his
    influence on Louis XVIII. may be gathered from a letter of J. de
    Maistre to Blacas, quoted by E. Daudet, _Hist. de l'émigration_, ii.
    11: "celui qui n'a pu dans aucun pays aborder aucun homme politique
    sans l'aliéner n'est pas fait pour les affaires."

  [6] See Klinckowström, _Le Comte de Fersen et la cour de France_.
    Fersen says (i. 7), "Monsieur ferait mieux seul, mais il est
    entièrement subjugué par l'autre" (i.e. the comte d'Artois, who was
    in turn under the influence of Calonne). See Daudet, _op. cit._ vol.
    i.

  [7] See E. Daudet, _La Conjuration de Pichegru_ (Paris, 1901).

  [8] Pierre-Louis-Casimir, comte (afterwards duc) de Blacas d'Aulps,
    was as rigidly royalist as d'Avaray, but more able. E. Daudet, _Hist.
    de l'émigration_, i. 458, quotes a judgment of him by J. de Maistre:
    "Il est né homme d état et ambassadeur."

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