See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES DE See also:

• CHARLES DE BROSSES (1709-1777)

BROSSES (1709-1777)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate and See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DIJON

Dijon and studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law with a view to the magistracy . The See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent of his mind, however, was towards literature and See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, and, after a visit to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy in 1739 in See also:

• COMPANY

company with his friend See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• BAPTISTE

Baptiste de Lacurne de Sainte-Palaye, he published his Lettres sur Petal actuel de la ville souterraine d'Herculee (Dijon, 1750), the first See also:

• WORK

work upon the ruins of See also:

• HERCULANEUM

Herculaneum . It was during this See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian tour that he wrote his famous letters on Italy, which remained in MS. till See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long after his See also:

• DEATH

death . In 176o he published a dissertation, Du culte See also:

• DES

des dieux fetiches, which was afterwards inserted in the Encyclopedie methodique . At the solicitation of his friend See also:

• BUFFON, GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE (1707-1788)

Buffon, he under-took his Histoire des See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation aux terres australes, which was published in 1756, in two vols . 4to, with maps . It was in this work that de See also:

• BROSSES, CHARLES DE (1709-1777)

Brosses first laid down the See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical divisions of See also:

• AUSTRALASIA

Australasia and See also:

• POLYNESIA, (Gr. iroXi,, many, and vnno-os, island)
• POLYNESIA, MELANESIA, MICRONESIA (q.v.)

Polynesia, which were afterwards adopted by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• PINKERTON, ALLAN (1819–1884)
• PINKERTON, JOHN (1758–1826)

Pinkerton and succeeding geographers . He also contributed to the Encyclopedie the articles " Langues," " Musique," " Etymologie." In 1765 appeared his work on the origin of See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, Traite de la formation mecanique des langues, the merits of which are recognized by E . B . See also:

• TYLOR, EDWARD BURNETT (1832- )

Tylor in See also:

• PRIMITIVE

Primitive Culture . De Brosses had been occupied, during a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• LIFE

life, on a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• SALLUST [Gams SALLUSTIUS CRlspus] (86–34 B.c.)

Sallust, and in attempting to See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply the lost chapters in that celebrated historian . At length in 1777 he published L'Histoire du septieme siecle de la republique romaine, 3 vols .

4to, to which is prefixed a learned life of Sallust, reprinted at the commencement of the translation of that historian by Jean Baptiste Dureau de La Malle . These See also:

• LITERARY

literary occupations did not prevent the author from discharging with ability his See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official duties as first See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, nor from carrying on a See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant and extensive See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with the most distinguished literary characters of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . In 1758 he succeeded the See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis de Caumont in the Academie des Belles-lettres; but when in 1770 he presented himself at the French See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, his candidature was rejected owing to See also:

• VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire's opposition on See also:

• PERSONAL

personal grounds . Besides the See also:

• WORKS

works already mentioned, he wrote several See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs and See also:

• DISSERTATIONS

dissertations in the collections of the Academy of See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

Inscriptions, and in those of the Academy of Dijon, and he See also:

• LEFT

left behind him several See also:

• MSS

MSS., which were unfortunately lost during the Revolution . His letters on Italy were, however, found in MS. in the confiscated library by his son, the emigre officer Rene de Brosses, and were first published in 1799, in the uncritical edition of See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine Serieys, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Lettres historiques et critiques . A fresh edition, freed from errors and interpolations, by R . See also:

• COLOMB, PHILIP HOWARD (1831-1899)

Colomb, with the title L'Italie it y a cent ans, was issued in 1836; and two subsequent reprints appeared, one edited by Poulet-Malassis, under the title Lettres familieres (1858); the other, a re-impression of Colomb's edition, under that of Le President de Brosses en Italie (1858) . See H . Mamet, Le President de Brosses, sa See also:

• VIE

vie et ses ouvrages (See also:

• LILLE

Lille, 1874) ; also Cunisset-See also:

• CARNOT, LAZARE EIPPOLYTE (18ot-1888)
• CARNOT, MARIE FRANCOIS SADI (1837-1894)
• CARNOT, SADI NICOLAS LEONHARD (1796-1832)

Carnot, " La Querelle de Voltaire et du president de Brosses," in the Revue des Deux Blondes (See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 15, 1888) .