Count Mirabeau, Vol. 1 of 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Count Mirabeau, Vol. 1 of 1 The preliminaries for the acknowledgment of the independence of the United States of Ameri ca had been signed by the plenipotentiaries of Great Britain as well as by Franklin, represent ing his native country, the preceding year and now the full and formal recognition of those States produced much excitement among the Parisians. In every quarter the efi'ect of this national admission of the right of a people to change or modify their government was deeply felt, and it was the fashion of the time to load the venerable Franklin with distinguished honors. By reason of his popularity, Madame Helvetius had therefore to make great'e¿'orts to secure his presence for this day, which for a particular rea son her good-natured and amiable coquetry had chosen. She was to celebrate her sixty-fifth birth day, and she wished thus to remind Franklin of her age, for his friendship for her had increased until he had made her an o¿'er of his hand. She desired him, therefore, to join in a celebration which delicately declared her reluctance to a new marriage. 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.