WOBO: Search for words and phrases in the texts here...

Enter either the ID of an entry, or one or more words to find. The first match in each paragraph is shown; click on the line of text to see the full paragraph.

Currently only Chalmers’ Biographical Dictionary is indexed, terms are not stemmed, and diacritical marks are retained.

, son of the preceding, and a bachelor of medicine, was a miscellaneous writer at Paris,

, son of the preceding, and a bachelor of medicine, was a miscellaneous writer at Paris, where he died about the year 1797, without leaving a reputation equal to that of his father. Yet some of his publications were useful. In the list we find, J. “Contes mis en vers par un petit cousin de Rabelais,1775, 8vo. 2. “Lettres sur les homines cel bres dans les sciences,1752, 2 vols. re-published in 1753, under the title of “Siecle litteraire de Louis XV.” 3. “Semaine Litteraire,1759, 4 vols. 12mo. 4. “Almunach litteraire, ou Etrennes d Apollon,1777 93, 17 vols. a collection of miscellanies in prose and verse. He published some other works with less success, and it used to be said, in allusion to his father’s profession,