See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE CLARIS DE See also:

• JEAN PIERRE CLARIS DE FLORIAN (1755-1794)
• FLORIAN, SAINT

FLORIAN (1755-1794)  , See also:

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

French poet and See also:

• ROMANCE

romance writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 6th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1755 at the See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau of See also:

• FLORIAN, JEAN PIERRE CLARIS DE (1755-1794)
• FLORIAN, SAINT

Florian, near Sauve, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• GARD

Gard . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother, a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady named Gilette de Salgues, died when he was quite a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child . His See also:

• UNCLE

uncle and See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian, the See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis of Florian, who had married a niece of See also:

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

Voltaire, introduced him at Ferney and in 1768 he became See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page at See also:

• ANET

Anet in the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Penthievre, who remained his friend throughout his See also:

• LIFE

life . Having studied for some 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 at the See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery school at Bapaume he obtained from his See also:

• PATRON

patron a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain's See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in a See also:

• DRAGOON (Fr. dragon, Ger. Dragoner)

dragoon See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, and in this capacity it is said he displayed a boisterous behaviour quite incongruous with the See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle, meditative See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of his See also:

• WORKS

works . On the outbreak of the French Revolution he retired to Sceaux, but he was soon discovered and imprisoned; and though his imprisonment was See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short he survived his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release only a few months, dying on the 13th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1794 . Florian's first See also:

• LITERARY

literary efforts were comedies; his See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse See also:

• EPISTLE

epistle Voltaire et le serf du Mont See also:

• JURA
• JURA (" deer island ")

Jura and an See also:

• ECLOGUE

eclogue See also:

• RUTH, BOOK OF

Ruth were crowned by the French See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in 1782 and 1784 respectively . In 1782 also he produced a one-See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act See also:

• PROSE

prose See also:

• COMEDY

comedy, Le Bon See also:

• MENAGE, GILLES (1613-1692)

Menage, and in the next See also:

• YEAR

year Gala/4e, a romantic See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale in See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of the Galatea of Cervantes . Other short tales and comedies followed, and in 1786 appeared Numa Pompilius, an undisguised imitation of See also:

• FENELON, BERTRAND DE SALIGNAC

Fenelon's Telemaque . In 1788 he became a member of the French Academy, and published Estelle, a See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral of the same class as Galatee . Another romance, Gonzalve de Cordoue, pre-ceded by an See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• NOTICE

notice of the See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

Moors, appeared in 1791, and his famous collection of Fables in 1702 . Among his See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous works are La Jeunesse de Florian, ou Memoires d'un jeune Espagnol (1807), and an abridgment (1799) of See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Quixote, which, though far from being a correct See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original, had See also:

• GREAT

great and merited success . Florian imitated Salomon See also:

• GESSNER,

Gessner, the Swiss idyllist, and his See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style has all the artificial delicacy and sentimentality of the Gessnerian school .

Perhaps the nearest example of the class in See also:

• ENGLISH

English literature is afforded 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:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

Wilson's (See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North's) See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life . Among the best. of his fables are reckoned " The See also:

• MONKEY

Monkey showing the Magic See also:

• LANTERN (an adaptation of the Fr. lanterne from Lat. lanterna or laterna, supposed to be from Gr. Aa urritp, a torch or lamp, Aaµaew, to shine, cf. " lamp "; the 16th- and 17th-century form " lanthorn " is due to a mistaken derivation from " horn," as a m

Lantern," " The See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

Blind See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man and the Paralytic," and " The Monkeys and the See also:

• LEOPARD

Leopard." The best edition of Florian's fEuvres completes appeared 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 in 16 volumes, 182o; his tEuvres inedites in 4 volumes, 1824 . See " See also:

• VIE

Vie de Florian," by L . F . Jauffret, prefixed to his fFuvres osthumes (1802); A . J . N. de See also:

• ROSNY, JOSEPH HENRY

Rosny, Vie de Florian (Paris, An V.); ainte-Beuve, Caaseries du lundi, t. iii . ; A. de Montvaillant, Florian, sa vie, ses oeuvres (1879) ; and Lettres de Florian. a Mme de la Briche, published, with a notice by the See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron de See also:

• BARANTE, AMABLE GUILLAUME PROSPER BRUGIERE, BARON DE (1782-1866)

Barante in Melanges published (1903) by the Societe See also:

• DES

des bibliophiles See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

francais .