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Boisguilbert, lieutenant-general at Rouen, who long since had had the same views as Vauban, and had wanted to make them known.
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Boisguilbert wished to preserve some imposts upon foreign commerce and upon provisions.
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Poor Boisguilbert, in the exile his zeal had brought him, was terribly afflicted, to find he had innocently given advice which he intended for the relief of the State, but which had been made use of in this frightful manner.
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I did all in my power to revoke this sentence, having known Boisguilbert at Rouen, but did not succeed until the end of two months.
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Boisguilbert, whom this event ought to have rendered wise, could not contain himself.
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Boisguilbert wished to preserve some imposts upon foreign commerce and upon provisions.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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Poor Boisguilbert, in the exile his zeal had brought him, was terribly afflicted, to find he had innocently given advice which he intended for the relief of the State, but which had been made use of in this frightful manner.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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Boisguilbert, lieutenant-general at Rouen, who long since had had the same views as Vauban, and had wanted to make them known.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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I did all in my power to revoke this sentence, having known Boisguilbert at Rouen, but did not succeed until the end of two months.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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Boisguilbert, whom this event ought to have rendered wise, could not contain himself.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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