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See also:FRANCOIS See also:HENRI See also:TURPIN (17og-1799)
, See also:French See also:man of letters, was See also:born at See also:Caen
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He was first a See also:professor at the university of his native See also:town, then went to seek his fortunes in See also:Paris, where he made some stir in philosophical circles, and especially in that of the magnificent Helvetius; but he was only enabled with difficulty to See also:earn a livelihood by putting his See also:pen at the service of the booksellers
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He translated, or rather adapted from the See also:English, See also:Edward W
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Montague's Histoire du gouvernement See also:des anciennes republiques (1768), and wrote a continuation of See also:Father See also:Pierre See also:Joseph d'See also: |
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