, a French author and journalist, was born in Languedoc, in the
, a French
author and journalist, was born in Languedoc, in
the diocese of Bezieres. He appeared at Paris about
1715, and espoused the cause of the Jesuits against the
Jansenists; in which business he wrote with so much acrimony, that the court thought themselves obliged to banish
him. He was sent to the isles of Larins, in the Mediterranean, and when these were taken by the Austrians in
1746, his liberty was granted on condition that he would
retire into some religious house. He chose a monastery
of Bernardines, where he died in 1760. His caustic and
satirical disposition rendered him unpleasing in society as
well as in his writings; and it is thought that his banishment and solitude much increased the acrimony of his character. He was concerned in several works, as, 1.“Memoirs
of Marshal Villars,
” 3 vols. 12mo, the two first of which
are written by Villars himself. 2. “The Memoirs of the
Duke of Berwick,
” 2 vols. 12mo. 3. “Memoirs of Tourville,
” 3 vols. 12mo, not much esteemed. 4. “Letters
of Fitz-Moritz.
” 5. Several small tracts, and some pieces
of poetry of no great value.