Excerpt from Memoirs of the Duc De Saint-Simon, Vol. 1 of 4: On the Times of Louis XIV. And the Regency How was it that so marked an historical vocation should have formed itself at so early an age and been found as it were full-grown in the bosom of the Court? Whence came this mousquetaire of nineteen, so firmly resolved at that time of life to transmit the things of his period with all their complications and their circumstances? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.