s close Prisoner in the Cittadel of Pignerol, and afterwards sent into Ireland to command the French Forces under the late King James.er made so great a noise in the World.Mr de Lauzun, whose A∣mours with Mademoiselle de Montpen The Abbot of Chorsy of the French Academy, Author of the Lives of Phi∣lip de Valois, and some of his Successors. des, who put in to be Governour to the Duke of Bur∣gundy.Mr de Nouveau, Governour of the Post Office. Monsieur Le Clerc de Lesseville, whose Grandfather was a Tanner at Meulan. Mr Morin, a famous Gamester, very well known in England. Mr Melaravoye, one of the Farmers of the Revenue. Messieurs Berthelot, who have enrich'd themselves in the Kings Farms un∣der that name. Mr L' anglois, one of the Kings Farmers, Father-in-Law to the Marshal Tourville. Mr George, a Partisan, or Farmer of the Kings Revenue, call'd now Mr Dantaigne, Son-in-Law to the Marquis of Valance. he History of the World and others think it was levell'd at Father Pezron, Author of the Book entituled, The Antiquity of Times restor'd.ius others think 'tis upon Mr Chevreaux, who writ.'Tis thought the Author reflects in this place upon Isaac Vos 16 G- and H- Messieurs Herve and Vedeau, Councellors in the Parliament of Paris. Mr D' Aubigne, Bro∣ther to Madam de Maintenon. The Count de Tonnerre, first Gentleman of the Bed-chamber to the Duke of Orleans. The Baron of Bretueil, Rea∣der to the King, Envoy to Mantua. Mr Boi∣leau, who the Author commonly calls Despre∣aux. The Author of the Journal des Scavans at Paris. Ms Racine and Boileau, who writ in favour of the Anti∣ents, against Perault. This is a reflection on the Dictionary of the French Academy. Page Page A KEY to the Cha∣racters or Manners of the Age. ∣tone for their faults in the perfor∣mance, especially if they would be so kind as to believe, that a great many seeming obscurities in the fol∣lowing Sheets, are owing to the short turns, and curt manner of writing, very frequent in our Author.Were encourag'd to hope, that the Readers would find something even in such an one, which would a He is an Author, so very diffi∣cult, that several who are familiar∣ly acquainted with the French Tongue, can't easily understand him, and perhaps want leisure or appli∣cation to study him and indeed nothing but his extraordinary merit cou'd have induc'd the Translators to undertake him: they thought our English World had better take up with an indifferent Translation of such an Author, than want one and Sciences daily improve, yet Vice and Folly get footing in the World: that men will hardly be corrected, unless they are entertain'd at the same time, and therefore has often Brib'd their Spleen to rid them of their Immoralities and Indecencies, that so being pleas'd to see those of others severely lash'd, they might be perswaded to go a little farther, and find themselves under Correction. and his manner of pro∣secuting it is entirely new: No Au∣thor on his subject has come up to his Force and Delicacy, nor has any so agreeably varied his Stile.His design was to make his Rea∣der a Wise, a Good man, and a fine Gentleman Page Page THE PREFACE.ĪFter so many Editions of Mon∣sieur de la Bruyere in his own Language, as Paris and Brussels have produc'd, and the approbation of as many as have read him, 'twou'd be impertinent to say much of him. Tooke, next the Temple Gate Christopher Bateman, at the Bible in Pater-noster-Row and Richard Parker at the Unicorn, on the Royal Exchange, Booksellers, MDC LXXXXIX. LONDON, Printed for Iohn Bullord, and Sold by Matt. To which is added, A Key to his Characters. WITH THE Characters of Theophrastus, Translated from the Greek.ĪND A Prefatory Discourse to them, by Monsieur de la Bruyere. THE CHARACTERS, OR THE Manners of the Age.īY Monsieur DE LA BRVYERE, of the French Academy.
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