See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE See also:

• PIERRE ANTOINE MOTIEUX (1663-1718)

MOTIEUX (1663-1718)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English translator and dramatist, of See also:

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

French parentage, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ROUEN

Rouen on the 25th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1663 . After the revocation of the See also:

• EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

Edict of See also:

• NANTES
• NANTES, EDICT OF

Nantes he settled in See also:

• LONDON

London with his kinsman and godfather, See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul Dominique Motteux . He acted as an auctioneer of pictures, and in 1706 he had a See also:

• SHOP

shop in Leadenhall See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street for the See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of See also:

• LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace, stuffs, See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese and See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese commodities, duly advertised in the Spectator by his friend See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• STEELE
• STEELE, ANNE (1717-1778)
• STEELE, SIR RICHARD (1672-1729)
• STEELE, THOMAS (1788-1848)
• STEELE, WILLIAM (d. 1680)

Steele . He had not been six years in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England when he obtained sufficient mastery of the See also:

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

language to edit the monthly The See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

Gentleman's See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal, which contained verses by himself and by the See also:

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

chief wits of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . In 1693 he edited the third See also:

• BOOK

book, hitherto unpublished, of See also:

• SIR

Sir 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:

• URQUHART, DAVID (1805-1877)
• URQUHART, or URCHARD, SIR THOMAS (1611-166o)

Urquhart's See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• RABELAIS, FRANCOIS (c. 1490—1553)

Rabelais, and in the next See also:

• YEAR

year printed the first and second books of Urquhart's translation . In 1694 he completed Urquhart's See also:

• WORK

work by a translation of the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth and fifth books, which, although not to be compared with the racy, See also:

• NERVOUS

nervous See also:

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

writing of Urquhart, shows a perfect mastery of colloquial English and an intimate and adequate sense of Rabelais's meaning . The See also:

• COMPLETE

complete translation appeared in five volumes in 1693-1694, and was reprinted as The Whole See also:

• WORKS

Works of See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis Rabelais, M.D . (2 vols., 1708), described as the work of " Sir T . Urchard, See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

Knight, Mr Motteux and others." His first See also:

• PLAY

play, a See also:

• COMEDY

comedy in five acts entitled Love's Jest, was produced at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields in 1696, and next year followed The Loves of See also:

• MARS
• MARS (MAYORS, MARMAR, MARSPITER GA MASPITER)
• MARS, MLLE [ANNE FRANCOISE HYPPOLYTE BOUTET] (1779-1847)

Mars and See also:

• VENUS

Venus . He wrote other works for the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage of no See also:

• GREAT

great consequence . More important than his dramatic work is his See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Renowned See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Quixote de la See also:

• MANCHA, LA (Arabic, Al Mancha, " the dry land " or "wilderness ")

Mancha (4 vols., 1701; 2nd ed., 1712), " translated from the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original by many hands and published by See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Motteux," one of the most masterly and spirited See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations in English . His later years appear to have been given to the shop in Leadenhall Street .

He was murdered on the 18th of February 1718 at 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 of See also:

• ILL

ill fame in See also:

• STAR

Star See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court, near St See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement's 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, London, under circumstances which have never come to See also:

• LIGHT

light . The manner of his See also:

• DEATH

death was no criterion of his See also:

• LIFE

life, which appears to have been sober and decent . An excellent life by See also:

• HENRI

Henri See also:

• VAN

van Laun is prefixed to the 1880 reprint (4 vols.) of J . G . See also:

• LOCKHART, JOHN GIBSON (1794–1854)
• LOCKHART, QEORGE (1673-1731)
• LOCKHART, SIR WILLIAM STEPHEN ALEXANDER (1841–1900)

Lockhart's edition of Motteux's Don Quixote . See also a prefatory See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note by 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 Whibley in vol. iii. of Sir T . Urquhart's Rabelais (Tudor Translations, 1900), reprinted from a rare 1693-1694 edition .