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<p> "dissolute financier" of Louis XV.; "paying eightpence in the shilling, so that wits exclaim in some press at the play-house, 'Where is Abbé Terray that he might reduce it to two-thirds!'"; lived a scandalous life, and ingratiated himself with Madame Pompadour; he held his post till the accession of Louis XVI., and fell with his iniquitous colleagues (1715-1778). </p> | Abbé Terray <ref name="term_80616" /> | ||
==References == | <p> "dissolute financier" of Louis XV.; "paying eightpence in the shilling, so that wits exclaim in some press at the play-house, 'Where is [[Abbé]] Terray that he might reduce it to two-thirds!'"; lived a scandalous life, and ingratiated himself with Madame Pompadour; he held his post till the accession of Louis XVI., and fell with his iniquitous colleagues (1715-1778). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_80616"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/terray,+abbé Abbé Terray from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_80616"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/terray,+abbé Abbé Terray from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:05, 15 October 2021
Abbé Terray [1]
"dissolute financier" of Louis XV.; "paying eightpence in the shilling, so that wits exclaim in some press at the play-house, 'Where is Abbé Terray that he might reduce it to two-thirds!'"; lived a scandalous life, and ingratiated himself with Madame Pompadour; he held his post till the accession of Louis XVI., and fell with his iniquitous colleagues (1715-1778).
