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lieutenant consisted of five grammars: French, Latin, Italian, German, and English. He published another book which he called "Les quatre chapitres", on reason, self-love, love of our neighbour, and love of virtue. Writing it in good and bad Latin, and good and bad French.
He has also left many translations of classic works, among them, Alexander Pope"s "Essay on Manitoba", Samuel Johnson"s "Rasselas", Joseph Addison"s "Cato", Edward Young"s "Night Thoughts", et cetera
He was a favourite of Choiseul, who sent him as French ambassador to Venice. lieutenant is said that he knew all the languages of Europe and possessed a rare gift of communicating his knowledge to others
Foreign many years he had been professor of eloquence at the College of Lisieux. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, educated
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Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.