GILLES See also:

• GILLES MENAGE (1613-1692)

MENAGE (1613-1692)  , See also:

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

French See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, son of See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume See also:

• MENAGE, GILLES (1613-1692)

Menage, 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's See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate at See also:

• ANGERS

Angers, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city on the 15th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1613 . A tenacious memory and an See also:

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

early See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm for learning carried him speedily through his See also:

• LITERARY

literary and professional studies, and he practised at the See also:

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

bar at Angers as early as 1632 . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year he pleaded several causes before the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement of 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. but illness induced him to abandon the legal profession for the 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 .. He became See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior of See also:

• MONTDIDIER

Montdidier without taking See also:

• HOLY

holy orders, and lived for some years in the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household of See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal de See also:

• RETZ, JEAN FRANCOIS PAUL DE GONDI, CARDINAL DE (1614-1679)
• RETZ, SEIGNEURS AND DUKES OF

Retz (then coadjutor to the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of Paris), where he had leisure for literary pursuits . 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 after 1648 he quarrelled with his See also:

• PATRON

patron and withdrew to a 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 in the See also:

• CLOISTER (Lat. claustrum; Fr. cloitre; Ital. chiostro; Span. claustro; Ger. Kloster)

cloister of Notre-See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame, where he gathered See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round him on Wednesday evenings those literary assemblies which he called " Mercuriales." See also:

• CHAPELAIN, JEAN (1595-1674)

Chapelain, See also:

• PELLISSON, PAUL (1624—1693)

Pellisson, See also:

• CONRART (or CONRARD), VALENTIN (1603-1675)

Conrart, See also:

• SARRAZIN, JACQUES (1588—166o)

Sarrazin and Du See also:

• BOS, LAMBERT (1670—1717)

Bos were among the habitues . He was admitted to the Della Cruscan See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, but his See also:

• CAUSTIC (Gr. rcavvraubs, burning)

caustic See also:

• SARCASM

sarcasm led to his exclusion from the French Academy . Menage made many enemies and suffered under the See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire of Boileau and of See also:

• MOLIERE (1622-1673)

Moliere . Moliere immortalized him as the See also:

• PEDANT

pedant Vadius in See also:

• LES

Les Femmes savantes, a portrait Menage pretended to ignore . He died in Paris on the 23rd of See also:

• JULY

July 1692 . Of his See also:

• WORKS

works the following may be mentioned: Poemata See also:

• LATINA, VIA

latina, gallica, graeca, et italica (1656) ; Origin della lingua italiana (x669) ; Dictionnaire etymologique (165o and 1670); Observations sur la langue franiaise (1672-1676), and See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

Anti-See also:

• BAILLET, ADRIEN (1649-1706)

Baillet (169o) .