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Grouchy, and others, we have no farther room here to speak. La 

 Fayette, the patriot and philanthropist, died in 1834 ; and Talleyrand, 

 the famed diplomatist, died in 1838. 



Of French lawyers, we can here only mention Domat, who died 

 in 1696; Ferriere, the elder, in 1715; Burlamaqui, of Geneva, 

 who died in 1748 ; the chancellor D' Agues seau, in 1751 ; Montes- 

 quieu, who died in 1755; Vattel, of Swiss birth, who wrote in 

 French, and died in 1767 ; Pothicr, who died in 1772 ; De Lolme, 

 of Geneva, who died in 1807; and Lacretelle, who died in 1824. 

 Of French divines, Robert of Sorbonne, founded the Sorbonne, or 

 Theological college in Paris, about 1250. John Calvin, the reformer, 

 born in France, died at Geneva, in 1564 ; and Theodore, Beza, his 

 successor, died in 1605. Martin Bucer, another distinguished 

 reformer, died in England, in 1551. Cornelius Jansenius, founder 

 of the sect of Jansenists, opposed to the Jesuits, died in 1638. 

 Jaques Benigne Bossuet, bishop of Meaux, who wrote on Universal 

 History, died in 1704; and Louis Bourdaloue, in the same year. 

 Francois Fenelon, the pious archbishop of Cambray, died in 1715; 

 and Jean Baptiste Massillon, the eloquent prelate of Sevigny, died 

 in 1742. Of the French schoolmen, or scholastic philosophers, 

 Peter fibelard, died in 1 142 ; and Thomas Aquinas, (or St. Thomas, 

 called the angelic doctor), founder of the sect of Thomists, as also 

 John Bonaventura, (or St. Bonaventure, styled the seraphic), both 

 of Italian birth, both died in 1274. 



Of French voyagers and geographers, we can only mention here 

 Gonneville, who flourished in 1503; Cartier, in 1542; Champlain, 

 who died in 1635; Tavernier, who died in 1689; La Pey rouse, 

 who was probably lost at sea, in 1788 ; and D'Jlnville, the celebrated 

 geographer, who died in 1782. Of French historians, John Frois- 

 sart, the chronicler, died in 1401 ; Philip de Comines, died in 1509 ; 

 Pierre Brantome, in 1614; James de Thou, (Thuanus), in 1617; 

 Francis de Mezerai, in 1683; Pelisson, in 1693; Varillas, in 1696, 

 Peter Bay le, in 1706; Nicholas Boileau, in 1711 ; Vertot d/Jlubceuf, 

 in 1735 ; Charles Rollin, in 1741 ; Crevier, in 1765 ; Francis de 

 Voltaire, in 1778 ; Claude Millot, in 1785 ; Honore Mirabeau, in 

 1791 ; William Raynal, in 1796; and Count Louis de Segur died 

 in 1830. The statesmen Sully, and de Retz, also wrote on history : 

 and the brothers Michaud, as also Thouret, Thiers, and others, are, 

 we believe, still living. The abbe Barthelemy, celebrated as an 

 archaeologist, died in 1795. 



Of the French poets, William, count of Poitou, called the first 

 troubadour, flourished about 1071; and Thibaut, count of Cham- 

 pagne and king of Navarre, died in 1253. Clotilde du Vallon Cha- 

 lys, (de Surville, by marriage), died about 1500; Clement Marot, 

 in 1551 ; Du Bellay, in 1560; Jodelle, in 1573; and Ronsard, in 

 1585. Desportes died in 1600 ; Malherbe, in 1627 ; Sarrazan, in 

 1654; and the marquis of Racan, (du Breuil), in 1670. Jean B. 

 de Moliere, died in 1673; Pierre Corn eille, in 1684; Thomas 

 Corneille, his brother, in 1709: Jean de la Fontaine, in 1695; 

 Jean Racine, in 1699; and Madame Deshoulieres, in 1694. Se- 

 grais died in 1701 ; Jean Baptiste Rousseau, in 1741 ; Fontenelle, 



