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intrigues of Bourdel, another physician, Bochart's re- 

 ception had not been very gracious ; and Huet being 

 aware of the fickle temper of Christina, declined all of- 

 fers, and returned to France after an absence of three 

 months. The principal advantage which he derived 

 from this journey, besides the acquaintance he formed 

 with the learned men in Sweden and Holland, con- 

 sisted in the acquisition of a copy of a manuscript of 

 Origen's Commentaries upon St Matthew, which he tran- 

 scribed at Stockholm. While engaged in translating 

 this work, he was led to consider the rules of transla- 

 tion, as well as the different manners of the most cele- 

 brated translators; and in 1661, he published his 

 thoughts upon this subject at Paris, under the title De 

 interpretatione libri duo ; a work written with great vi- 

 gour and elegance, in the form of a dialogue between 

 Casaubon, Fronto Ducs;us, and Thuanus. In 1664", 

 he published, at Utrecht, an elegant collection of Greek 

 and Lathi poems, which was afterwards enlarged in se- 

 veral successive editions. At length, in 1668, he pub- 

 lished at Rouen his Origenis Commentarii, &c. emu La- 

 liiia inlerpretatione, noiis et observalionibus, in 2 vols. 

 folio ; to which was prefixed an ample preliminary dis- 

 course, containing all that antiquity relates concerning 

 Origen. 



In 1659, Huet was invited to Rome by Christina, 

 who had abdicated her crown and retired thither ; but 

 he again declined the invitation. About ten years af- 

 ter, when Bossuet was appointed preceptor to the Dau- 

 phin, Huet was chosen ibr his colleague, with the title 

 of sub-preceptor. He accordingly went to court in 

 1670, and remained there till 1680, when the dauphin 

 was married. It is to this appointment probably that 

 the learned world is indebted for the editions of the 

 classics in usum Delpfiini; for although the first idea of 

 the commentaries for the use of the dauphin was started 

 by the Duke de Montausier, it was Huet who digested 

 the plan, and directed the execution of this useful un- 

 dertaking. Although necessarily much occupied with 

 the duties of his situation, he found leisure, at this pe- 

 riod, to compose his Demonstralio evangelica, which 

 was published at Paris in l6"9> i' 1 folio, and has since 

 been reprinted in various forms. He was admitted a 

 member of the French Academy in 1674'. 



At the age of forty-six, Huet entered into orders ; 

 and in 1678 he was presented by the king to the abbey 

 of Aunay in Normandy, whither he retired every sum- 

 mer after he had left the court. In 1685, he was no- 

 minated to the bishopric of Soissons, which, with the 

 consent of the king, he exchanged with the Abbe de 

 Sillery for the see of Avranches. In 1689, he pub- 

 lished" his Centura philosophies Cartcsiance ; and in 1690 

 his Qiitstionis Alnetunce de Concordia Rationis et Ficlei, 

 whicii work is written in the form of a dialogue, after 

 the manner of Cicero's Tusculan Questions. 



In 1699, he resigned his bishopric of Avranches, and 

 was presented to the abbey of Fontenay, near the gates 

 of Caen. Soon after, he removed to Paris, and lodged 

 among the Jesuits in the Maison Professee, to whom he 

 bequeathed his library, reserving to himself the use of 

 it while he lived. Here he resided during the last 

 twenty years of his life, and employed himself chiefly 

 in writing notes on the vulgate translation of the Bible; 

 for which purpose he is said to have read over the He- 

 brew text twenty-four times, comparing it, as he went 

 alovijr, with the other Oriental texts. In 1712, he was 

 eeize'l with a severe illness, from which, contrary to 

 the expectation of his physicians, he gradually reco- 

 vered, and applied himself to the writing of his life, 

 which was published at Amsterdam in 1718, under the 



Hu!l. 



title of Pet. Dan. Htielii, Episcopi Abricenslt, Commen- Hugnenu 

 tarius de rebus ad eiim pcrtinenlibus. The critics have 

 wondered how such a master of the Latin language as , 

 Huet should Jiave been guilty of so great a solecism in 

 the very titb of his book, by using the pronoun earn 

 instead of sc. This performance, although composed 

 in a:i amusing style, is by no means equal to his other 

 works, his facultiss being then a good deal impaired. 

 He died on the 26th of January 1721, in the 91st year 

 of his age. The Abbe Olivst relates a most remarkable 

 singularity of Huet, viz. that for two or three hours 

 before his death, he recovered all the vigour of his ge- 

 nius and memory. 



Besides the works we have mentioned in the course 

 of the preceding narrative, Huet published a variety 

 of other treatises upon literary and philosophical sub- 

 jects. He had been, throughout the whole of his long 

 life, a hard student ; and he left behind him the repu- 

 tation of one of the most learned men of the age. See 

 Eloge Historique de M. Huet, par M. I' Abbe Olivet, pre- 

 fixed to his Traitu Pkilosophigue de lafoiblesse. de I'Es- 

 prit fountain i Aikin's Life of Huet, London, 1810; and 

 Gen. Biog. Diet, (z) 



HUGUENOTS, a name of uncertain origin, given 

 to the Protestants of France. A full account of their 

 history will be found in our article FRANCE, Vol. IX. 

 p. 563. et seq. 



HULL, or KiNGSTON-UPON-HuLL, is a seaport town 

 of England, in the east riding of Yorkshire, situated on 

 the west side of the river Hull, and on the northern 

 side of the river I lumber, about twenty miles from its 

 mouth. 



The town, which lies on a level tract of ground, ex- 

 tends nearly in a direct line along the river Hull, from 

 the Humber bank to very near the church of Sculcoates, 

 a space of about two miles. It stretches nearly as far 

 in another direction, from the High Street on the river 

 Hull towards Beverley, Anlaby, and Hessle. The dock, 

 or artificial harbour, divides the town into two princi- 

 pal divisions. The one to the north of the dock be- 

 longs to the parish of Sculcoates, and is without the ori- 

 ginal boundaries of Hull. It consists of several very 

 spacious streets, which have been built chiefly vrithin 

 the last thirty years. The principal streets of Hull are 

 clean and spacious, and the whole town is paved, flag, 

 ged, and lighted. 



The public buildings of Hull are numerous but by no 

 means elegant. The Trinity church, which was partly 

 built about the year 1312, is a magnificent and beautiful 

 structure, built in the Gothic style. It occupies a space of 

 20,056 square feet. It extends 279 feet from the west 

 door to the east end of the chancel. The nave is 144 

 feet long, the breadth of the transept 28, and the length 

 of the chancel 100. The breadth of the nave is 72 

 feet, and the breadth of the chancel 70 feet. St Mary's 

 church, commonly called the Low church, was built a 

 few years later than the preceding. Its length is 74 

 feet, and the height of the steeple 74 feet. St John's 

 church, a neat and simple brick building, was erected at 

 the sole expence of the Rev. Thomas Dikes, and finish- 

 ed in 1792. It is 86 feet long-, and 59 broad. It is 

 wholly built upon arches, raised seven feet above the 

 surface, and contains more than 70 vaults for burying 

 the dead. The town contains several places of worship 

 belonging to the three denominations of dissenters, to 

 the Methodists, and other sectaries. The Methodist 

 chapel in Waltham Street is spacious and elegant. 



Among the charitable institutions of Hull, that of the 

 Trinity-house is the most ancient. It was established 

 in 136'9 for the reception of decayed seamen who have 



