"True philosophy was not known till that time; and it is but justice to say, that commencing from the last year of Cardinal Richelieu, and proceeding to those which immediately succeeded the death of Louis XIV. there came to pass in our arts, in our minds, in our manners, as well as in our government, a general revolution, which ought to serve as an eternal mark of the true glory of our country."
SiÃ¨cle de Louis XIV
Text from <u>The Age of Louis XIV</u>, ed. R. Griffith (London: Printed for Fielding and Walker, 1779). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=PKBJAAAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;