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HIS CORRESPONDENTS.
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of his youth. These, and the fine old warrior Villars, were the young poet's trusted correspondents, not to mention the many ladies whom he favoured with his confidence; and he used to write in most respectful and affectionate terms to the Jesuit Fathers who had been his instructors.