THE Count de Saint Julien was descended from a very ancient family; and was only at the age of twenty, when the death of his father made him master of a considerable sum of money, and of an estate in Dauphine, which might have supported him in the sam...
THE Count de Saint Julien was descended from a very ancient family; and was only at the age of twenty, when the death of his father made him master of a considerable sum of money, and of an estate in Dauphine, which might have supported him in the same affluent manner his ancestors had lived in, had not an unbounded love of pleasure taken an early possession of his heart. Dauphine became soon too confined a sphere for him to move in; the dissipations of Paris better suited the gaiety of his temper, where his figure, his expence, and his lively parts, quickly introduced him into the politest assemblies.