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at Soleuie. His father, who appears to 

 have been in the confidence of Louis XIV., 

 was fcnt in a diplomanc capacity by that 

 monarch, firlt to Charles XII. K.in^ of 

 Sweden, and then to the Court of Au- 

 guftus King of Poland. On his return 

 from (his miflion he refumcd the career of 

 arms, and died a Lieutenant-General, aid 

 Colonel of the Swils-Guaids. 



M. Segur, the editor of this work, as 

 well as the e.xecutor of the Baron's will, 

 makes us acquainted with his charac- 



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ter by means of a fhort biographical no- 

 tice, whence we learn, that at an early pe- 

 riod of his life he di.tingiii(hed himfelf 

 in preiince of fhs whole French army, 

 by I'oiming a formidable redoubt, that 

 had defied I'everal aflaults. We are alfo 

 told that he was extremely hafty, and even 

 violent J but that benevolence and genero- 

 fity immediately lucceeded to his rage, 

 and he w.is mifenble until he hid apolo- 

 gift-d for his paflion by fome aft wf kind* 

 neli and beneficence. 



This trait in his charafler is fully ex- 

 emplified in his difpute with an old man, 

 formerly h"s father's gardener. Tne B:t- 

 ron having obtained a very fine flowcring- 

 (hrub from abroad, which he was extreme- 

 ly defirous of prefenting in all its beauty 

 to the Queen j he confided it to the caie 

 of this aged domellic, with inftruilicns 

 to witer it once aday. On receiving it, 

 however, h's feeble handtj unable to fuf- 

 tain the weight, allowed the pot to fall on 

 the pavement, and the plant, as well as tiie 

 fl )wer, were inffantlv deiUoyed. 



Mis roafler, who was a great courfier, 

 on perceivi' g ihis, inliantly burft into a 

 rage, and t^ie oi;i man, being atrald of the 

 confequences, prepared to depart, ftizes 

 his hat, declaring at the fame time tnat 

 he would nrver return to the h.jtel again. 



On this the Baron, recovering fiom hii 

 virlence, reminded the gauiencr thlt hi« 

 wife had ftickied him, and that he himfelf 

 had lived near half a century in thit houle 

 he was then about to leave. In addition 

 to this, he obllrvcd, that as the other had 

 been longer in poiTcdion, he was ot courfe 

 belter entitled to remain in the hotel than 

 himfelf, and turning about on his heel, 

 he declared that he wuuld r.ever revifit it 

 until a reconc'liation had tiken pisce. 

 Oveicoiie w.ti th skiiidnefs, the gaidenec 

 inftantly fell at the Baion's (cet, and ,„heer- 

 fiilly refiimed his former employment. 



The woik itfclfconfills of detached me- 

 moirs, dravvii up at dfferent periods. 1 he 

 firil^ of iheic relates to he Sivifs, .-ind fome 

 military events, fuch as' the battle -if Haf- 

 lenbeck, the omluil of .VI. Mallebois, 

 the a£lion» at Fidinehaufen, Clolfercamp, 

 &c. We are alio prefenied wi h a vari. 

 ety of anecdotes relative to L 'ins XIV. 

 and hiR miiirefTcs ; concerning the Du- 

 chefs De Gontiiid, wh' fii >iie at Court 

 dininp the min, iity of Louis XV., of M. 

 De P'zay, M. D; Cnoifcul, and fcveral 

 other dilfiiiguiflud per onages. 



Tiie molt remarkable article, perhaps, 

 is the utroiint of 'he intng le between the 

 Duke De Riche ieu and tiic Ma icnioifclles 

 Charoioit and Dc Valois. We are then 



made 



