Excerpt from Memoirs of Count Grammont, Vol. 1 Memoirs is likely to vary much, according to the peculiar bent, the culture, and the other qualities of the reader; as to their literary interest there is no question whatever. Madame de Stael used to say that Grammont was a book containing, with less matter, more interest than any she knew. To again cite Gibbon It is a favourite work with all persons who have any pretensions to taste who, in other words, can appreciate that exquisite literary flavour which is its ...
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Excerpt from Memoirs of Count Grammont, Vol. 1 Memoirs is likely to vary much, according to the peculiar bent, the culture, and the other qualities of the reader; as to their literary interest there is no question whatever. Madame de Stael used to say that Grammont was a book containing, with less matter, more interest than any she knew. To again cite Gibbon It is a favourite work with all persons who have any pretensions to taste who, in other words, can appreciate that exquisite literary flavour which is its distinction among all similar chronicles, though they may have no very profound interest in Grammont or his biographer. 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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