His funeral sermon on the marechal de Turenne, is a good instance.
"Essays"
David Hume Commentator: Hannaford Bennett
Reflection was not the principal virtue of the marechal de Villeroy.
"The Memoirs of Louis XIV., Volume 13 And His Court and of The Regency"
Duc de Saint-Simon
The marechal, who hated and crossed Law with might and main, reddened with anger, and represented to the Regent what, in fact, deserved to be said: the Regent, in reply, named several young people, who, although of superior rank, were not so well fitted for the ballet as young Law; and although the answer to this was close at hand, the marechal could not find it, and exhausted himself in vain exclamations.
"The Memoirs of Louis XIV., Volume 13 And His Court and of The Regency"
Duc de Saint-Simon