VIIPORTRAITS1. ACHILLE DE HARLAYAchille de Harlay(1639-1712), a great-nephew of the celebrated magistrate of the same name who was Chancellor to Henri III, was appointed First President of the ParisParlementin 1689. Saint-Simon was violently prejudiced against him on account of the partiality which he believed him to have shewn to the Duc de Luxembourg in his case against his fellowducs et pairs(see Introduction). He returns to the charge in vol.V.with an even more furious attack, and a report of some of his malicious sayings (pp. 166-171). See for a judicial estimate of his character based on contemporary evidence Boislisle,XIV.371, n. 2, and 617-622.The truth seems to be that with great capacity and perfect integrity he had a malicious and biting tongue and the reputation of being a Tartuffe.
Achille de Harlay(1639-1712), a great-nephew of the celebrated magistrate of the same name who was Chancellor to Henri III, was appointed First President of the ParisParlementin 1689. Saint-Simon was violently prejudiced against him on account of the partiality which he believed him to have shewn to the Duc de Luxembourg in his case against his fellowducs et pairs(see Introduction). He returns to the charge in vol.V.with an even more furious attack, and a report of some of his malicious sayings (pp. 166-171). See for a judicial estimate of his character based on contemporary evidence Boislisle,XIV.371, n. 2, and 617-622.The truth seems to be that with great capacity and perfect integrity he had a malicious and biting tongue and the reputation of being a Tartuffe.
Achille de Harlay(1639-1712), a great-nephew of the celebrated magistrate of the same name who was Chancellor to Henri III, was appointed First President of the ParisParlementin 1689. Saint-Simon was violently prejudiced against him on account of the partiality which he believed him to have shewn to the Duc de Luxembourg in his case against his fellowducs et pairs(see Introduction). He returns to the charge in vol.V.with an even more furious attack, and a report of some of his malicious sayings (pp. 166-171). See for a judicial estimate of his character based on contemporary evidence Boislisle,XIV.371, n. 2, and 617-622.
The truth seems to be that with great capacity and perfect integrity he had a malicious and biting tongue and the reputation of being a Tartuffe.