General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . bothsacred and prophane, chronology, coins, medals,inscriptions, and the usages of antiquity, whichhad always formed a part of his studies. Hehad collected a considerable quantity of mate-rials for a new history of France, and it to be regretted that he was preventedfrom undertaking the work. On the dissolu-tion of the order of the Jesuits, the abbe Bro-tier found an asylum equally peaceful andagreeable in the
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . bothsacred and prophane, chronology, coins, medals,inscriptions, and the usages of antiquity, whichhad always formed a part of his studies. Hehad collected a considerable quantity of mate-rials for a new history of France, and it to be regretted that he was preventedfrom undertaking the work. On the dissolu-tion of the order of the Jesuits, the abbe Bro-tier found an asylum equally peaceful andagreeable in the house of M. de la Tour, aprinter of eminence, who has gained a just tri-bute of applause from all connoisseurs on ac-count of those works which issued from hispress. In this friendly retreat the abbe Brotierspent the last twenty-six years of his life ; andby tlie care and attention of Mr. and Mrs. dela Tour, experienced a happiness, the value ofwhich he was able to appreciate. It was herealso that he published those great and magnifi-cent works which will render his name immor-tal ;—an edition of Tacitus, enriched not onlywith notes and learned dissertations, but also. {uj iiciiit,^lihtum jcii:piimtu arteo>f^ lijtis i^tCimias fnntjiTe inTnhr OlCJiXluaj Utufius Ltuif, r£f auajj quee icm>:ont rfrvmtsAriior ijuu Ircn, auu ?}tcfahs amor-j T l\sy\rhj ,juam haniu, Itu/ta et mcnununta mrl-rum;l\ A±r 3nuMtcvi:j if mi) nenu? -nbtisl B R O ( S15 ) B R O ?with supplements, whicli iruluce us sometimesto doubt wliLtlicr the modern writer is not afcuccessful rival of tlie ancient; and an editionof Pliny the naturalist, the notes and illustra-tions to which arc only a short abridgement ofwliat he had prepared to correct and enlargethe edition of Hardouin, and to give an liisto-rical account of all the new discoveries made information, and instructed those around himwith the utmost affability and following is a list of the abbe Brotiersworks, a
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