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Excerpt from The Works of Moliere, Vol. 5 of 6: A New Translation In the following play, Moliere thought proper sacrifice the regularity of the conduct to the accessory ornaments. As the king was very impatient to have it soon, finished, Moliere had recourse to the celebrated Corneille, who readily complied with his plan; for men truly great are void of jealousy. Quinault furnished the French words, which were set to music by Lully. The royal magnificence with which it was attended in the presentation, and the concourse of famous authors whose talents were all united, the more readily to execute the orders of Lewis XIV. add a new lustre to this piece, which will always be esteemed for several beautiful passages in it, and especially for the new and delicate turn in Cupid's declaration to Psyche. 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.