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LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE AND THE BIRTH OF THE MAN‐MIDWIFE
Author(s) -
BancroftLivingston George
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1956.tb05480.x
Subject(s) - courtesy , morality , doors , art , sociology , history , art history , law , political science , engineering , structural engineering
Now, I'm sorry to say, At that time of day, The Court of Versailles was a little too gay; The Courtiers were all much addicted to Play, To Bourdeaux, Chambertin, Frontignac, St. Peray, Lafitte, Château Margaux, And Sillery (a cargo On which John Bull sensibly (?) lays an embargo), While Louis Quatorze Kept about him, in scores, What the Noblesse, in courtesy, term'd his ‘Jane Shores,’ —They were called by a much coarser name out of doors.— This, we all must admit, in A King's not befitting! For such courses, when followed by persons of quality, Are apt to detract on the score of morality. Ingoldsby Legends: “The Black Mousquetaire”