Pages choisies des Mémoires du duc de Saint-Simon

Kelly - University Of Toronto, Louis De Rouvroy Saint-Simon, Alphonse N. (Alphonse Naus) Van Daell

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1PAGES CHOISIES Mémoires du duc de Saint-Simon. EDITED AND ANNOTATED BY A. N. VAN DAELL, Late Director of Modern Languages in THE Boston Hiqh AND Latin Schools, Professor of Modern Languages, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. oîOîc BOSTON, U.S.A. : PUBLISHED BY GINN & COMPANY. 1902.Eotervd, srcordinR to Act of In thr rc«r ISW,ConirTT**, by A. X. VAX DAKl-L. in ibc Ofllcc of ihu at WanhlDiflon.LIbnrima of Conio't'M, All UiuiiTH Rbuihvbo. t ? rrannia Itorrox.TTrooRAmT ht ft Co., L'^JLPREFACE. address in this préface not only the teachers oxI wisH to not présume to write in anyFrench (in that case I would language but my own), but others also who as principals or within any différent capacity hâve something to do the choice of text-books. study of a foreign language ought to bring studentsThe foreign nations. Stu-in contact with the master-minds of and feelings with which thedents ought to grasp ideas writers of their own nationality cannot make them ac- it seems to mequainted. Unless this resuit be obtained, given French or German is wasted, or thatthat the time to it could surely be employed in a more profitable mariner. Not that Americans ought to become imitation Frenchmen ; no one, more than I, would deprecate any attempt in that direction. But few minds are large enough by nature not to need the broadening influence of some foreign culture; and it has always seemed to me that the English and French literatures are particularly well fitted to balance other.each I shall not discuss the idle question which one of the two stands foremost I simply mean that ; to a Frenchman noth- ing could be mentally more useful than the study of English literature, and conversely, to an English or American youth nothing could be more useful than the of the greatstudy writers of France. And yet wide gaps exist among the books easily available theto mass of American students of French. It is one of thèse gaps that I hâve attempted to fiU.Préface.iv work is oiir of thi' landmarks of FrenchSaint-Simon's His ^raiiiiiiar is faulty; lus syiitiix is in (IchaiiceliUritun». U-gins with one «onstruction. lallsof fViTy ruli* lu* iuto; eutls with a third. "Sa phnuie rra«iiU' Av tousaiiutluT, ainl om-côtés.**' says SainU'-Heuve ; hut no luus U'ttt-r sliown the jKJwer of the FriMicli languagi'than he how far can go express conttMupt, hutred, indignation, and admiration.to eivilization of i\\v sfvrnttM'nthNo pieture of the (•«•ntnry ever to be atU'njpted without a candul sturly ofought lie has intenseSaint-Simon. True, pn-judiees, pnssionate inti'use lovt- ; hut the nian is so well conviniTtlhatn-ds. nf the saiTt'dufss of liis eause, lie is so siniM-n-. so honcst, so full in the statenient of the case, that it is not dittieult for reciust his conclusions and dniw our nwn.us to I hâve Uiken no t»ther lilM-rties with tin- text than to omit, some expressions sentencesas the i)ccasion required, or un- l)ook. tlmugh. is int«>ndedsuitahle for the (•lass-rfH>m. This offor students who hâve a sutïicicnt understandin;.; Kn-nch constructions, and ato gnisp Saint-Simon's complicated shown historiral facts assufticient maturity of mind to Iw they hope lK»th .sélections and omissions mayar»«. 1 that lie approved l»y com|»et«Mit judges. explaincd \>\ KrenchThe more dittieult expressions are pages. Shortéquivalents to Xte found at the bottom of the n«'c««ssarv will Im- found atexplanations whenever decmed n'servnlfew hMigthicr notfs hav«« Imm-uthe same plac«>. A are th«> Kren«'h lan-for an appendix. Ail thèse notes in unahh' t«» undcrHt.iml them at sight are notguaiH'; fuipils prepared to reatl Saint-Simon at ail. .\ N VAN HAKLL *" oror."lli» wntrncc h»* hrvkks ailTABLE DES MATIERES. PAGE Préface iii Introduction : pouvoirI. Le absolu 1 LaII. cour de Louis XIV 6 Le biographeIII. de Louis XIV 19 Mariage de le1. M. duc de Chartres 31 II. Campagne de 1693 43 III. Charnacé et le tailleur têtu 64 IV. Camp de Compiègne 66 V. La succession au trône d'Espagne 82 VI. La justice du roi 115 VII. Un bon évêque 119 VIII. La superstition au XVII' siècle 123 IX. Le roi et le duc de Saint-Simon 127 X. La succession de Monseigneur 138 XI. Mort de la Duchesse et du duc de Bourgogne . . 143 XII. Mort de Louis XIV 181 XIII. Coup i)'(Kti. rapide sur le règne entier de Louis XIV 198 Appendice : A. Titres particuliers en usage k la cour de Louis XIV . 221 De l'arméeB. sous Louis XIV 222 C. Carte de la campagne de 1693 237