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[ See in Marivaux, ("La double inconstance,") a satire on the court, courtiers and the corruptions of high life, opposed to the common people in the country.]
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[ Bachmaumont, I. 254.]
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[ "A calculator was required for the place but a dancer got it."—"The sale of offices is a great abuse."—"Yes, it would he better to give them for nothing."—"Only small men fear small literature."—"Chance makes the interval, the mind only can alter that!"—"A courtier?—they say it is a very difficult profession."—"To receive, to take, and to ask, is the secret in three words," etc,—Also the entire monologue by Figaro, and all the scenes with Bridoisin.]
CHAPTER II. THE FRENCH PUBLIC.
I. The Nobility.
The Aristocracy.—Novelty commonly repugnant to it.—
Conditions of this repugnance.—Example in England.