Vegin

"Do you think there is any objection to our giving to little Vegin the dress of an abbe?"

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With an argument such as this she closed my mouth, leaving me quite amazed, and next day she smiled with delight when she presented the little Comte de Vegin dressed as a little abbe.

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"I will rebuild his monastery for him in marble if he will give us back poor little Vegin, and the Duc d'Anjou," said the King to me.

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The second Comte de Vegin bid fair to be a man of reflection and of genius.

Memoirs of Madame de Montespan — Volume 2 Fran��oise-Ath��na��s de Rochechouart de Mortemart Montespan 1674

With an argument such as this she closed my mouth, leaving me quite amazed, and next day she smiled with delight when she presented the little Comte de Vegin dressed as a little abbe.

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"I will rebuild his monastery for him in marble if he will give us back poor little Vegin, and the Duc d'Anjou," said the King to me.

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When the Queen heard courtiers repeat some of the droll, witty sayings of the Comte de Vegin, or the Duc du Maine, she reddened with jealousy, and remarked, "Everybody goes into ecstasies about those children, while Monsieur le Dauphin is never even mentioned."

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"Do you think there is any objection to our giving to little Vegin the dress of an abbe?"

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The Comte de Vegin had been born, and the Queen was absolutely ignorant of his existence.

Memoirs of Madame de Montespan — Volume 2 Fran��oise-Ath��na��s de Rochechouart de Mortemart Montespan 1674

I gave birth to the first Comte de Vegin, and, grasping my hand affectionately, the King said to me, "Be of good courage, madame; present princes to the Crown, and let those be scandalised who will!"

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