"Marquise de Pompadour" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of the mixture of courage and tact in the young author is to be found in the attitude which he took up towards Voltaire with regard to the Marquise de Pompadour, without in the least offending his tempestuous friend. That remarkable young lady, then still known as la petite Etoile, had succeeded in catching the King's eye, and was soaring into the political heavens like a rocket, carrying, ...
— Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France • Edmund Gosse |
