B R U 



B R Y 



■nRUTZ, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Jlle and Vilaine, and didritt of Reduu, I leagues louth of 

 RL-nnes. 



BRUX. Sec Most. 



IMvlJVE, or Bug A, an ifland in the hay of Dengal, near 

 the moutli of the river Ava, about 8 leagues long and 3 

 brond. N. lat. 16° 11;'. K. long, y;" ,:!7'. 



BRUYERE, JoNU Db I.a, in Blos'-aphy, a French 

 vriter of reputation, was burn, in 1640, in the Ifle of 

 I'raiice, and, at a proper age, recommended by BuiFiiet to 

 iiilhudl the duke of Burgundy in hillory. The refidue 

 of his hfe was paffed at court, where he maintained the cha- 

 rafter of a u-.aii of letters ; philoh)piiieal and unambitious 

 in liis temper, as well as poHte and iina(rei"ted in liis man- 

 iiers, unitini/ the gaiety and iocial dilpolition of the well 

 bred gentleman with the lUuiious habits of tlie fcholar. In 

 l6y^ he was admitted into the French Academy ; and, in 

 l6v6, a fit of apoplexy terminated his lift. His work 

 entitled " Charafters of Theophrartus, tranflated from the 

 Greek, with the Charatlcrs or Manners of this Age," 

 was tirll pub'.ilhcd in 16S7, and has been feveral times re- 

 pri::ted. In this work, of which Male/.ieux predifted 

 that " it would gain many readers a)id many enemies," the 

 author has had tlie honour of participating witii Moliere in 

 the correction of more folHes and indecorums than ptrhaps 

 any other morahll, ancient or modern. The pencil with 

 vhich he pidurcd modern charaiters and manners ii llrong 

 but delicate ; his liyle nervous but abrupt, occafionally 

 cbfcure, and affcfttdly fententious. The maxims of Pub- 

 lius Syrus are almolt wholly tranfplanted into his works. 

 Keys were made of his charadters, for the court, the capital, 

 and the provinces ; and his book, by means of its fucctfs, 

 produced many imitations. The bell editions of the " Cha- 

 tafters" are thofe of Amflerdam in 1741, and of Paris in 

 I 750 and 1765. The author's " Dialogues on Quielifm" 

 were arranged for publication by M. Du Pin, and printed 

 in 1609. Nonv. Di6L Hill. 



BRUYE'RES, in Geography, a town of France, in the 

 department of Vofges, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 ilillridl of Epinal, and 1 I miles E. of it. The town con- 

 tains 191 1 and the canton 12,435 inhabitants : the territory 

 includes 210 kiliometres, and 32 communes. 



Bruyeres Sous Laon, a town of France in the de- 

 partment of the Aifne, and diltridl ol Laon, i league S.S.E. 

 of I.aon. 



BRUYN, Cornelius Le, in Biography, a traveller 

 and painter, was born at the Hague, and having com- 

 menced his travels through Mufcovy, Perfia, the Levant, 

 aiid the Eall Indies, in 1674, completed them in i/cS. 

 His " Voyage to the Levant" was publiflied at Amfterdam 

 in 1714, folio, and his " Travels to Mufcovy, Perfia, &c." 

 in 1718, in 2 vols. fol. ; an edition much eiletmed for the 

 beauty of its plates, hut exceeded in value by that of Rouen 

 in 1725, in 5 vols. 4to. ou account of the corredlions and 

 notes of the Abbe Banier. As a traveller, Bruyn is curious 

 and inllruftive, but his llyle is inelegant and his fails fome- 

 times inaccurate. No\iv. Dift. Hid. 



BRUYNSWICK, in Geography, a plantation of Ame- 

 rica, in Ulfter countv. New York. 



BRUYS, Peter De, in Biography. See Pstrobrus- 



SIANS. 



BRUZEN de la MARTINIERE, Antony-Au 

 nusTiN, an induftrious compiler, was born at Dieppe, in 

 1666, and educted at Paris, under the cart of his uncle, 

 the celebrated Richard Simon. In 1709 he was employed, 

 by the duke of Mecklenburgh, in rtfeaiches into the hillory 

 of that duchy, and afterwards attached to the duke of 



Parma, and to the king of the Two Sitiliis, who appointed 

 him his lccret;iry with a haudfome lalary. Upon hist relirc- 

 mcnt to the H;igue, he completed \m " Ntw Gcogr.iphical 

 Di^lioiiary," wjiidi was didicattd to the king of Spain, 

 and reconipeiiftd In- the title conferred upon him by tlnii 

 monarch, of his firll geographer. After a life of ilujy and 

 labour, as well as of focial intcrcouifc and pleafure, i'uiicd 

 to his friendly difpolii ion and [>olitc mamurs, he died at the 

 Hague in 1749. His reading was exit iifive, and he wrote 

 with judgment, facility, and generally with elegance. Hn 

 favourite iludies were geography, hillon-, and polite litera- 

 ture. The moll valuable of hi, luimtrou.s woiks are " The 

 great Gtogr;iphical, Hillorieal, and Ciiixal DiClionary," 

 lovoli. fol. Hague, i;>6 to 1730, and Pa:is, 1768, 6 vols, 

 fol. ; " PufTcndorif's Introduction to the Hillory of Eu- 

 rope, greatly au>imenf.d and corredled," of which the 

 lail edition is that of the Hague, in ii vols, umo; " Geo- 

 graphical and Hillorieal Treatifcs to facilitate the Know- 

 ledge of the Holy Scriptures, by various celebrated Authors, 

 Huet, Lc Grand, C.^lmet, Han'ouin, &c." z vols. i2mo. 

 J 730; and " Scleft Letters of M. Simon," with a life of 

 the author and curious notes, Ap.ill. 4 vols. i2mo. Nouv. 



D\a.. Hill. 



BRYA, in Botany, (Browne Jam.) See Amerimnum 

 Ebenus. 



_ BRYAN, in Geography, a county of America, in Geor- 

 gia, adjoining Chatham county on the wed and fouth. 

 wefl. 



BRYANT, Jacob, \x\ Biography, the fon of a Cuflom- 

 houfeoflicerat Plymouth, was, fortiie honour of Devonfhire, 

 born there ; though he has been reprcfented by fome as a 

 native of Kent, from tht circumftaiice of his father's being 

 transferred to that county wliilll himfelf was a child. 



Placed upon the foundation of Eton college he was early 

 dillinguilhed for claflical attainments ; and the high reputa- 

 tion with which he entered King's ferved as an incentive 

 to his future exertions. Succeeding at the ordinary period 

 to a fcllowilup in that college, he continued its ornament 

 till nearly the end of the ceritury, and the boall of both in- 

 llitutions to the clofe of his life. Having devoted himfelf 

 early to habitual ftudy, he perfevered with but few inter- 

 ruptions ; and thefe arc to be confidered as referring rather 

 to a change of fubjefl, than a breaking off from his "ordinary 

 purfuits ; for, during his fecietarylhip to the duke of 

 Marlborough and the Board cf Ordinance, he availed him- 

 felf of the opportunities which his employments atl'orded 

 for rendering his knowledge in modern tatties fubfervient 

 to that of the ancients. As he attended the father iu the 

 capacity of fecretary during his military commands, fo he 

 accompanied the Ion to the feat of the Mufes ; and, in the 

 ofBce of private iuRruitor, fuperintended the lludies while 

 at Eton of the prefent duke of Marlborough, as well as 

 thofc of his brother I>oid Charles. Devoting himfelf to a 

 life of literature, his diligence was unremitted in his fa- 

 vomitc purfuit, ai.d the effeds of it were confecrated to 

 the bed purpofes of learning and religion. 



The firll work which he formally pnblifhed was " Ob- 

 fervations and Enquiries relating to various parts of antient 

 Hillory, containing DifTerta. ions on the Wind Euroclydon, 

 and on the Ifland Melitc ; together with an Account of 

 Egypt in its moll er.rly State, and of the Shepherd Kings, 

 I -67." Thofe wi.o knew Mr. Bryant formed confiderable 

 expedlatious from t.is acknowledged reputation, when this 

 volume was announced ; nor were they difappointed on its 

 appearance. The opinion entertained oi his learning was 

 coulirmed by it, and the ingenuity difplayed in it acquired 

 him confiderable commendation. 



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