. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... y, and much of fabulous, andeacred and profane history. At three yearsold he read French and Latin fluently. Hisextraordinary acquirements were a themeof panegyric to many literary characters ofthe age. CANGE, Charles DUFRESNE,Sieur Du, a justly celebrated glossarist andhistorian, was born at Amiens, in having been at the bar for some years,he retired from it, to devote himself to hishistorical studies. He died in 1688. DuCange was one of the most indefatigableof writers. Ro
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... y, and much of fabulous, andeacred and profane history. At three yearsold he read French and Latin fluently. Hisextraordinary acquirements were a themeof panegyric to many literary characters ofthe age. CANGE, Charles DUFRESNE,Sieur Du, a justly celebrated glossarist andhistorian, was born at Amiens, in having been at the bar for some years,he retired from it, to devote himself to hishistorical studies. He died in 1688. DuCange was one of the most indefatigableof writers. Rocquefort observes, that inthe productions of Du Cange are combinedthe qualities of a consummate historian, anaccurate geographer, a profound civilian,an enlightened genealogist, and a learnedantiquary, thoroughly versed in the knowl-edge of medals and inscriptions. Amonghis many works may be noticed, a Historyof the Empire of Constantmople, folio; aGlossary of lower Latinity, 3 vols, folio;and a Glossary of the Greek Language ofthe Middle Age, 2 vols, folio. He also leftmany valuable manuscripts. CAN 149. CANNING, the Right Hon. George,oorn in London, April 11, 1770, was the son of an Irish barrister, who was a manof talent and a poet, but who died in suchembarrassed circumstances that he left hisfamily wholly unprovided for. The futureprime minister was placed at Eton by hisfathers relations, at which seminary hedistinguished himself as a classical scholar,and one of the principal authors of the Mi-crocosm. From Eton he removed to ChristChurch, Oxford, where he gained severalprizes; after which, he entered himself amember of Lincolns Inn, intending to makethe law his profession. The exhortationsof his friend Sheridan, however, inducedhim to relinquish that intention, and to en-ter on the career of politics. In 1793, there-fore, he obtained a seat in the house ofcommons, as member for Newport, in theIsle of Wight, and in 1796 he was appoint-ed under secretary of state, and retu
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