. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... hisdaring and intriguing spirit, was born, in1614, at Montmirail; became coadjutor tothe archbishop of Paris, archbishop ofCorinth, and a cardinal; took a prominentpart in the troubles of France, and inopivje^riff , tlie minority ofLouis the fourteenth; was imprisoned^ butescaped, and remained in exile iili 1661;practised in his declining years those vir-tues which he had trampled under foot inhis youth ; and died in 1679. His Memoirsare highly interesting. REYNOLDS,
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... hisdaring and intriguing spirit, was born, in1614, at Montmirail; became coadjutor tothe archbishop of Paris, archbishop ofCorinth, and a cardinal; took a prominentpart in the troubles of France, and inopivje^riff , tlie minority ofLouis the fourteenth; was imprisoned^ butescaped, and remained in exile iili 1661;practised in his declining years those vir-tues which he had trampled under foot inhis youth ; and died in 1679. His Memoirsare highly interesting. REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua, a celebratedartist, was born, in 1723, at Plympton, inDevonshire; of the grammar school ofwhich place his father, a clergyman, wasthe master. As he early manifested a tastefor drawing, he was placed under afterwards visited Rome, where liestudied for three years. In 1752 he settledin the British metropolis, where he rapidlyrose to eminence, and numbered Burke,Johnson, ^id othei illustiious cheracteis 4S4 RIC among his friends. When the Royal Aca-demy was instituted, in 176S, bo wae. unanimously chosen president, and wasknighted. In 1783 he was appointed prin-cipal painter to tlie king. He died , 1792. His literary , the princi-pal of wliich are the masterly Discoursesdelivered to tlie Academy, form three vol-umes. In the Britisii school of art, espec-ially as a portrait painter, he stands veryhigh; as a writer he displays much ele-gance and sound sense; and as a man hewas deservedly beloved. He had (.-aysBurke) too much merit not to excite somejcal4)usy; too much innocence to provokeany enmity. RICARDO, David, an able politicaleconomist, was born, in 1772, in I.,ondon,and entered upon a mercantile life, afterhaving received acommon school gained a large fortune by commerce;obtained, in 1815), a seat in parliamentfor Portarlington ; and ac(|uired reputationas a senator and as a writer. He diedSeptember 11, 1823. He wrote Princi-ple
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