The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 12Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1813 - Biography & Autobiography |
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... French general in the revolutionary war , was born August 17 , 1768 , at Ayat , in the department of Puy - de - Dome . He was educated at the military school of Effiat , and when the revolution broke out , refused all advice to emigrate ...
... French general in the revolutionary war , was born August 17 , 1768 , at Ayat , in the department of Puy - de - Dome . He was educated at the military school of Effiat , and when the revolution broke out , refused all advice to emigrate ...
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... French soldiers , honoured by the Austrians , and loved by all who knew him . His body was carried to Milan , embalmed there , and placed in the hospital of Mount St. Bernard , where a mo- nument has been erected to his memory . Dessaix ...
... French soldiers , honoured by the Austrians , and loved by all who knew him . His body was carried to Milan , embalmed there , and placed in the hospital of Mount St. Bernard , where a mo- nument has been erected to his memory . Dessaix ...
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... French dramatic writer , was born at Tours , in 1680 , of a reputable family , which he left early in life , apparently from being thwarted in his youthful pursuits . This , however , has been contradicted ; and it is said that after ...
... French dramatic writer , was born at Tours , in 1680 , of a reputable family , which he left early in life , apparently from being thwarted in his youthful pursuits . This , however , has been contradicted ; and it is said that after ...
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... French comedies in the centre of Switzerland . He re- quested a conference with Destouches , sounded him on various topics , and attached him to his person . It was in Switzerland that his talent for theatrical productions first ...
... French comedies in the centre of Switzerland . He re- quested a conference with Destouches , sounded him on various topics , and attached him to his person . It was in Switzerland that his talent for theatrical productions first ...
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... French minister in Holland , and a man of great parts and unsus- pected credit , delivers as an undoubted truth ; and that upon the authority of an English minister , who might be well presumed to know what he said . As the incident is ...
... French minister in Holland , and a man of great parts and unsus- pected credit , delivers as an undoubted truth ; and that upon the authority of an English minister , who might be well presumed to know what he said . As the incident is ...
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