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Rh mours, and by this alliance two of the first families in France were united. In the troubles of the minority of Lewis XIV, her father, M. de Longueville, was of the party of the princes of the blood; but she exerted herself only to conciliate the spirits of each, making a particular study of the divers interests of the king's party and that of the Frondeurs; from which she afterwards detached her father. Her memoirs of this unhappy time are written with great impartiality, and shew her discernment, wisdom, and piety. They may be found in several editions of Joly's Memoirs, and separately, 12mo.

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In oil, gum, and with wax, formed pictures and admirable figures, cut histories in little nuts, &c. Abec. Pitt.

mother took the utmost care in the education of her daughters, and instructed them in all polite accomplishments, such as needlework, dancing, music, and the French tongue. She was herself a woman of an excellent character, which this daughter did justice to in her writings afterwards; who from her infancy discovered a natural propensity to learning, and spent much time in study and writing.

In 1643, she obtained leave of her mother to go to