General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . e production of fa-ther Bonnefoy, a Jesuit, than of Garriel, andit is claimed for that father in the Bibiiothiqueof the writers of the Society of Jesus. Garrielwas also the author of a small volume, in folio,entitled Idee de la Ville de Montpellier,recherchee & presentee aux honnetcs Gens,&c. 1665, which is rendered unpleasant tothe reader by the authors tumid style, and hisfrequent digressions. It is a work, however,
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . e production of fa-ther Bonnefoy, a Jesuit, than of Garriel, andit is claimed for that father in the Bibiiothiqueof the writers of the Society of Jesus. Garrielwas also the author of a small volume, in folio,entitled Idee de la Ville de Montpellier,recherchee & presentee aux honnetcs Gens,&c. 1665, which is rendered unpleasant tothe reader by the authors tumid style, and hisfrequent digressions. It is a work, however, inesteem with antiquaries and collectors. Amongthe MSS. of Coislin, in the library of the abbeyof St. Germain des Pres, there was preserved A Discourse on the War against the Calvin-ists of the Province of Languedoc, from theYear 1619 to the Peace of Montpellier, in 1622,of which father Vaisset has made use in thefifth volume of his History of it is ascribed to a Peter Gariel, or Garriel,who was also a canon of Montpellier, most pro-bably it was the production of our Diet. Bibl. Hist. & Crit.—M. GARTH, sir Samuu., a physician and. G A R ( 321 ) G A R poet, was descended fmm a good family inYorkshire. He received his academical edu-cation at Peterhouse, in Cambridge, wit is said, he resided till he took his degree ofdoctor of physic, in 1691. If this is exactlytrue, his medical instruction must hive beenvery limited. We find, however, that he was :ted a fellow of the College of Physicians,in 1692; and it appears that he was able sowell to make his way in tie metropolis, as soonto stand in the first professional rank. He was avery zealous adherent of the whig party; and histalents for company, and proficiencc in elegantliterature, acquired iiini patrons among the great,and probably caused him to be regarded as avaluable auxiliary. It has not often happenedthat poi tical abilities have raised a man to me-dical eminence, except when accompanied withso
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