Tag Archives: Pierre Rameau

Voltaire: passing nods from the Dauphine

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Dave

Thievery begins at the top? The right of kings and card sharps. He was unhappy at Versailles. He wrote to Madame Denis complaining that he was bored to death by court society and the conversation of the great. ” I … Continue reading →

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MACARONI CLUB

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Dave

Dashing and dandy and chasing the candy. In Paris and Rome the young aristocrats of the eighteenth century quickly sought out, and made rich those teachers those teachers who specialized in adding grace to the gifts which nature had bestowed. … Continue reading →