The Encyclopaedia Britannica; .. A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . l writingsare numerous and important, but deformed by anextravagant admiration of the feudal system, which heregarded as the chef dceuvre of the human mind. Hemisses no opportunity of regretting those good old times,when the people were enslaved by a few petty tyrants alikeignorant and barbarous. His philosophical writings havenow lost all their value. His pretended refutation ofthe system of Spinoza is a weak and imperfect expositionof that writers opinions. He died at Paris in 1722. His principal works (
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; .. A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . l writingsare numerous and important, but deformed by anextravagant admiration of the feudal system, which heregarded as the chef dceuvre of the human mind. Hemisses no opportunity of regretting those good old times,when the people were enslaved by a few petty tyrants alikeignorant and barbarous. His philosophical writings havenow lost all their value. His pretended refutation ofthe system of Spinoza is a weak and imperfect expositionof that writers opinions. He died at Paris in 1722. His principal works (.all published after his death) are—ITistoire-de Vancien gouvcrnment de la France, & La Haye, 1727, 3 ; £lat de la France, avcc des mimoircs sur Vancien gouvem-ment, kc, Lond., 1727, 3 torn. fol.; Histoire de la Pairie de France,kc, Lond., 1753 ; La Vie de Maliomei (a Fable of llahomet, aaMosheini calls it); Histoire desArabcs, Amst. (Paris), 1731, 2 BOULOGNE SUR MER, a fortified seaport of France,and the chief town of an arrondissement in Pas-dc-Calais,. Plan of Boulogne. 1, 2. 3. Etablisscment. — includingBaths, Aqiiariuni, and SkaUng liink. 4. Place Kavarin. 5. Rue Wissocq. 6. : 7. Palaia tie Justice 8. Mairie. 9. Convent (Annonciades).10. Place Godefroi. :i. Porte Sous-Prefecture 13. College. 14. Museums. 15. St Nicholas Church. 16. Marketplace. 17. Theatre. 18. English Churches. 19. Place is situated on the shore of the English Channel at the mouthof the River Liane (anciently Elna), in 50° 44 N. lat. andr 36 E. long., 157 miles from Paris by railway and 28from Folkestone, Kent. It consists of two parts, the Highor Old Town and the Lower or New Town. The former,situated on the top of the hill, is of comparatively smallextent, and forms almost a parallelogram, surrounded byramparts of the 15th century, and entered by ancient gate--ways. In this part are the Palais de Justice, the Chateau,the cathedral, and the
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