A Short History of the Late Mr. Peter Anthony Motteux, a Native of France, Whilom Dramatist, China Merchant and Auctioneer, Who Departed This Life on the 18th of February, 1718 (Old Style), Being Then Precisely Fifty-Eight Years Old (Classic Reprint)
A Short History of the Late Mr. Peter Anthony Motteux, a Native of France, Whilom Dramatist, China Merchant and Auctioneer, Who Departed This Life on the 18th of February, 1718 (Old Style), Being Then Precisely Fifty-Eight Years Old (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Short History of the Late Mr. Peter Anthony Motteux, a Native of France, Whilom Dramatist, China Merchant and Auctioneer, Who Departed This Life on the 18th of February, 1718 (Old Style), Being Then Precisely Fifty-Eight Years Old There are a few smart, epigrammatic sayings in this monody, for Motteux cannot long put on a mourning countenance. He remarks, for example: The King still courted, while the Husband swayed, The Queen commanded, and the wife obeyed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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