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On veut essayer de peindre à la postérité, non lesactions d’un seul homme, mais l’esprit des hommes dans le siècle le plus éclairé qui futjamais.
—SIÈCLE DE LOUIS XIV.






BY THE SAME AUTHOR
PETER HOMUNCULUS
LITTLE BROTHER
ROUND THE CORNER
BEING THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FRANCIS CHRISTOPHER FOLYAT,BACHELOR OF DIVINITY AND FATHER OF A LARGE FAMILY
BY GILBERT CANNAN




NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
MCMXIII
TO MY MOTHER
We were happy, you and I,In the days so long gone by,When you gave me of the storeOf rich legendary lore,Part saga, and part truth,Of the days of your own youth.Ah! The world was golden then!How we scorned the world of menIn the days so long gone by!We were happy, you and I.
First published 1913
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