Word: habitues
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...week in his house eight of the literary lights of the period. It was not long before Cardinal Richelieu heard of the meetings and, wishing to control the litterateurs as he controlled everybody else, he offered his protection and promised a royal charter to the society. Most of the habitués of Conrart's garret would have preferred to remain free; but it was dangerous to oppose the Cardinal, so they reluctantly were forced to accept the offer of His Eminence. In 1635, letters patent were granted by the King, and the Académie Française...