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NYC.769.006
15-22 May 1769:183 (1/3)
Extract of a letter from Paris, dated Feb.11. Says, a
strange and sudden change has lately taken place in our
political system, attributed solely to the influence of his
Majesty's new favourite Madamoiselle Barry, who is a
sensible woman, as well as extremely beautiful. This Lady
whose head is greatly turned to politics, is no friend to
the Duke de C___, and much less to his public conduct,
especially with regard to the Corsican war, . . . [5 lines]
The above-mentioned nobleman has thereupon resigned all his
state employments, . . . [2 lines] but others say, that he
will be succeeded by the Duke de Broglio, and of course
become the enemies of Great-Britain. Some say the inveteracy
of this latter great man is owing to the liberty your press
in England took with his father, on whom I well remember
ludicrous ballads relative to a natural infirmity he had for
many years, and which appeared always before the battle, or
any surprise, tho' afterwards no man behaved with more
bravery.
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