See also:

• PONCE

PONCE See also:

• DENIS (DIoNysms), SAINT
• DENIS, JOHANN NEPOMUK COSMAS MICHAEL (1729-1800)

DENIS ECOUCHARD See also:

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

LEBRUN (1729-1807)  , See also:

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

French lyric poet, 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 11th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1729, in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince de See also:

• CONTI, NICOLO
• CONTI, PRINCES OF

Conti, to whom his See also:

• FATHER

father was See also:

• VALET (Fr. valet; O. Fr. vaslet)

valet . See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young See also:

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

Lebrun had among his schoolfellows a son of 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 See also:

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

Racine whose See also:

• DISCIPLE

disciple he became . In 1755 he published an See also:

• ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

Ode sur See also:

• LES

les desastres de See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon . In 1759 he married See also:

• MARIE

Marie See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne de Surcourt, addressed in his Elegies as Fanny . To the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years of his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage belongs his poem Nature . His wife suffered much from his violent See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper, and when in 1774 she brought an See also:

• ACTION

action against him to obtain a separation, she was supported by Lebrun's own See also:

• MOTHER

mother and See also:

• SISTER

sister . He had been secretaire See also:

• DES

des commandments to the prince de Conti, and on his See also:

• PATRON

patron's See also:

• DEATH

death was deprived of his occupation . He suffered a further misfortune in the loss of his See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital by the See also:

• BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

bankruptcy of the prince de Guemene . To this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period belongs a See also:

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

long poem, the Veillees des See also:

• MUSES, THE (Gr. Mo6o-at, the thinkers)

Muses, which remained unfinished, and his ode to See also:

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

Buffon, which ranks among his best See also:

• WORKS

works . Dependent on See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• PENSIONS

pensions he changed his politics with the times . See also:

• CALONNE
• CALONNE, CHARLES ALEXANDRE DE (1734-1802)

Calonne he compared to the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SULLY, JAMES (1842– )
• SULLY, MAXIMILIEN DE BETHUNE
• SULLY, THOMAS (1783—1872)

Sully, and Louis XVI. to See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry IV., but the Terror nevertheless found in him its See also:

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

official poet . He occupied rooms in the Louvre, and fulfilled his obligations by shameless attacks on the unfortunate See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king and See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen .

His excellent ode on the Vengeur and the Ode nationals contre Angleterre on the occasion of the projected invasion of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England are in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon . This " versatility " has so much injured Lebrun's reputation that it is difficult to appreciate his real merit . He had a See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius for See also:

• EPIGRAM

epigram, and the quatrains and dizaines directed against his many enemies have a verve generally lacking in his odes . The one directed against La Harpe is called by Sainte-Beuve the " queen of epigrams." La Harpe has said that the poet, called by his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, perhaps with a spice of See also:

• IRONY (Gr. dipaweLa, from eipwv, one who says less than he means, eiepees, to speak)

irony, Lebrun-Pindare, had written many See also:

• FINE

fine strophes but not one See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good ode . The critic exposed mercilessly the obscurities and unlucky images which occur even in the ode to Buffon, and advised the author to imitate the simplicity and See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy that adorned Buffon's See also:

• PROSE

prose . Lebrun died in Paris on the 31st of August 1807 . His works were published by his friend P . L . Ginguene in 1811 . The best of them are included in Prosper Poitevin's " Petits poetes See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

francais," which forms See also:

• PART

part of the " See also:

• PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-holy, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

Pantheon litteraire." LE CARON, See also:

• HENRI

HENRI (whose real name was See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• MILLER, HUGH (1802–1856)
• MILLER, JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HEINE) (1841- )
• MILLER, JOE (JosEPH or JosIAS( (1684-1738)
• MILLER, SAMUEL FREEMAN (1816-1890)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1782-1849)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1795-1861)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1796–1882)
• MILLER, WILLIAM HALLOWES (18o1–188o)

MILLER See also:

• BEACH

BEACH) (1841–1894), See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret service See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent, was born at See also:

• COLCHESTER
• COLCHESTER, CHARLES ABBOT, 1ST BARON (1757-1829)

Colchester, on the 26th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1841 . He was of an adventurous See also:

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

character, and when nineteen years old went to Paris, where he found employment in business connected with See also:

• AMERICA

America . Infected with the excitement of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, he crossed the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic in 1861 and enlisted in the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, taking the name of Henri Le Caron .

In 1864 he married a young 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 who had helped him to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape from some Confederate marauders; and by the end of the war he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to be See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major . In 1865, through a See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion in arms named O'See also:

• NEILL, JAMES GEORGE SMITH (1810-1857)

Neill, he was brought into contact with Fenianism, and having learnt of the Fenian See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot against See also:

• CANADA

Canada, he mentioned the designs when See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home to his father . Mr Beach told his See also:

• LOCAL

local M.P., who in turn told the Home Secretary, and the latter asked Mr Beach to arrange for further See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information . Le Caron, inspired (as all the See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence shows) by genuinely patriotic feeling, from that 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 till 1889 acted for the British government as a paid military See also:

• SPY
• SPY (from " to spy " or " espy"; 0. Fr. espie, espier, to spy, watch; cf. Ger. spdhen, Lat. specere, to look; the Fr. term " espionage "is of course from the same source)

spy . He was a proficient in See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, among other qualifications for this See also:

• POST

post, and he remained for years on intimate terms with the most extreme men in the Fenian organization under all its forms . His services enabled the British government to take See also:

• MEASURES

measures which led to the fiasco of the See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian invasion of 1870 and See also:

• RIEL, LOUIS (1844-1885)

Riel's surrender in 1871, and he supplied full details concerning the various Irish-American associations, in which he himself was a prominent member . He was in the secrets of the " new departure " in 1879-1881, and in the latter See also:

• YEAR

year had an interview with See also:

• PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART (1846-1891)
• PARNELL, THOMAS (1679-1718)

Parnell at the House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons, when the Irish See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader spoke sympathetically of an armed revolution in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland . For twenty-five years he lived at See also:

• DETROIT

Detroit and other places in America, paying occasional visits to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and all the time carrying his See also:

• LIFE

life in his See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . The Parnell See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission of 1889 put an end to this . Le Caron was subpoenaed by The Times, and in the See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness-See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box the whole See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story came out, all the efforts of See also:

• SIR

Sir 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 See also:

• RUSSELL (FAMILY)
• RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
• RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
• RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
• RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
• RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
• RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
• RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
• RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
• RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )

Russell in See also:

• CROSS

cross-examination failing to shake his testimony, or to impair the impression of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron tenacity and See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute truthfulness which his bearing conveyed . His career, however, for good or evil, was at an end . He published the story of his life, Twenty-five Years in the Secret Service, and it had an immense circulation .

But he had to be constantly guarded, his acquaintances were hampered from seeing him, and he was the victim of a painful disease, of which he died on the 1st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1894 . The See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report of the Parnell Commission is his See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument . LE CATEAU, or CATEAU-CAMBRESIS, a See also:

• TOWN

town of northern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in the See also:

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

department of See also:

• NORD

Nord, on the Selle, 15 M . E.S.E. of See also:

• CAMBRAI

Cambrai by road . Pop . (1906) 10,400 . A See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of the early 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and a town-See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall in the See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

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

style are its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief buildings . Its institutions include a See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade-See also:

• ARBITRATION (Lat. arbitrari, to examine or judge)
• ARBITRATION, INTERNATIONAL

arbitration and a communal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, and its most important See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool-See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning and See also:

• WEAVING

weaving . Formed by the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the two villages of Peronne and Vendelgies, under the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of a See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle built by the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Cambrai, Le Cateau became the seat of an See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey in the 11th century . In the 15th it was frequently taken and retaken, and in 1556 it was burned by the French, who in 1559 signed a celebrated treaty with See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in the town . It was finally ceded to France by the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• NIJMWEGEN, NIMEGUEN, NYMEGEN

Nijmwegen in 1678 .