, the first of a literary family of considerable note in France, was
, the first of a literary family
of considerable note in France, was the eldest of the four
sons of Peter Terrasson, a lawyer of Lyons, and became a
priest of the oratory, preacher to the king, and afterwards
preacher to the court of Lorrain. His pulpit services were
much applauded, and attended by the most crowded congregations. His exertions during Lent in the metropolitan
church at Paris threw him into an illness of which he died
April 25, 1723. His “Sermons
” were printed in