See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• FRANCOIS CHARPENTIER (1620-1702)

CHARPENTIER (1620-1702)  , See also:

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

French archaeologist and See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of letters, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 162o . He was intended for the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, but was employed by See also:

• COLBERT, JEAN BAPTISTE (1619-1683)

Colbert, who had determined on the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of a French See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company, to draw up an explanatory See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the project for See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV . See also:

• CHARPENTIER, FRANCOIS (1620-1702)

Charpentier regarded as absurd the use of Latin in monumental See also:

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

inscriptions, and to him was entrusted the task of supplying the paintings of See also:

• LEBRUN, CHARLES FRANCCOIS
• LEBRUN, PIERRE ANTOINE (1785–1873)
• LEBRUN, PONCE DENIS ECOUCHARD (1729-1807)

Lebrun in the See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery with appropriate legends . His verses were so indifferent that they had to be replaced by others, the See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• RACINE
• RACINE, JEAN (1639-1699)
• RACINE, LOUIS (1692-1763)

Racine and Boileau, both enemies of his . Charpentier in his Excellence de la langue francaise (1683) had anticipated See also:

• PERRAULT, CHARLES (1628-1703)

Perrault in the famous academical dispute concerning the relative merit of the ancients and moderns . He is credited with a See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of the magnificent See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of medals that commemorate the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal events of the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of Louis XIV . Charpentier, who was See also:

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

long in See also:

• RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt of a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of 1200 livres from Colbert, was erudite and ingenious, but he was always heavy and See also:

• COMMON

common-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . His other See also:

• WORKS

works include a See also:

• VIE

Vie de Socrate (165o), a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Cyropaedia of See also:

• XENOPHON

Xenophon (1658), and the Traite de la peinture parlante (1684) . CHARRI$RE, See also:

• AGNES, SAINT

AGNES ISABELLE EMILIE DE (1740-1805), Swiss author, was Dutch by See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, her See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden name being See also:

• VAN

van Tuyll van Seeroskerken van ZuyIen . She married in 1771 her See also:

• BROTHER

brother's See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor, M. de Charriere, and settled with him at See also:

• COLOMBIER, PIERRE BERTRAND DE (1299-1361)

Colombier, near See also:

• LAUSANNE

Lausanne . She made her name by the publication of her Lettres neuchdteloises (See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, 1784), offering a See also:

• SIMPLE

simple and attractive picture of French See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners . This, with Caliste, ou lettres ecrites de Lausanne (2 vols .

See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva, 1785–1788), was analysed and highly praised by Sainte-Beuve in his Portraits de femmes and in vol. iii of his Portraits litteraires . She wrote a number of other novels, and some See also:

• POLITICAL

political tracts; but is perhaps best remembered by her liaison with See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

Constant between 1787 and 1796 . Her letters to Constant were printed in the Revue Suisse (See also:

• APRIL

April 1844), her Lettres-Memoires by E . H . Gaullieur in the same See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review in 1857, and all the available material is utilized in a monograph on her and her work by P . See also:

• GODET, FREDERIC LOUIS (1812-1900)

Godet, Madame de Charriere et ses antis (2 vols., Geneva, 1906) ..