Identifier: historyofallnati14wrig (find matches)
Title: A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908
Subjects: World history
Publisher: (Philadelphia, New York : Lea Brothers & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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(Fig. 2), and of Spain,that even the four years desired by him were not to be granted.The restless and inordinate ambition of Elizabeth caused her, imme-diately on the death of Louis XIV., to conceive the plan of sup-planting Philip of Orleans in the French regency, and then, afterthe death of the feeble child, Louis XV., of securing the throne of 81042 38 THE EEGEXCV IN FRANCE. France for her consort, notwithstanding the Treaty of Utrecht andthe solemn renunciation on the jjait of Philip Y. Without delayPhilip began to bring forward his pretensions, and even in Franceto foment intrigues against the regent. The latter sought aid inEngland. Fig. 2. —CiUdiiial Albi-ruui. (From a (.oppiT-ijlati cngraviug by G. P. Busch.) In this he was admirably advised by the Abbe Dubois, an upstartlike Alberoni. The son of an apothecary, born (1656) at Erives-laGaillarde, in Limousin, this intellectual and well-educated man wasintroduced by a friend to the tutor of young Philip of Chartres, PLATE II.
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Abbe Dubois.From ;i cupper-plate engravins by C. Eoy ; origiual painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-174.?).History of All Kations, Vol. Xl\., page SJ. ABB£ DUBOIS AND PHILIP OF ORLEANS. 39 afterwards Duke of Orleans. The tutor, hindered in the dischargeof his duties b) sickness, accepted Dubois as his assistant; and whenthe former died Philip would have no other instructor than theamiable abbe, who overflowed with wit and humor, and conse-quently was most acceptable. In truth Dubois, notwithstandinghis ecclesiastical dress, was the most c^ynicai and immoral of allmen; he confirmed and aided his pupil in his evil propensities, andeven went beyond him in sceptical scoffing. But while by prefer-ence he wallowed in the filth of society, he nevertheless showeda force and elasticity of mind which, under such circumstances,excite two-fold astonishment, and he manifested great acuteness anddiscernment in matters of business. He was also in his way trulydevoted to his former pupil and subseque

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