| New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 600 Seiten
...edition jjoovellcs te of them is that of Paris 1682, in four volumes in I2mo. la rcpublique Acs Jcttrcs. CORNEILLE (THOMAS) a French poet alfo, but inferior...young, a ftrong inclination and genius for poetry : r.nd afterwards was the author of a great many dramatick pieces, fome of which were well received... | |
| 1761 - 614 Seiten
...I2mo. dei lettrcs. CORNEILLE (THOMAS) a French poet alfo, but {^ inferior to Peter Corneille, whofc brother he was. He was a member of the French academy,...genius for poetry: and afterwards was the author of a great many dramatick pieces, fome of which were well received by the publick, and acted with great... | |
| 1762 - 668 Seiten
...which is that of 1745, in I2mo. He died at Paris the I5th of Auguft 1746, aged almoft feventytwo years. He was a member of the French academy, and of the academy of infcriptions and belles lettres ; and was fitted to do honour to any fociety. In the firft volume of the Memoirs... | |
| 1795 - 420 Seiten
...company, even upon fubjects which he perfectly underftood. His works have been often printed, and conlift of above 30 plays, comedies and tragedies. CORNEILLE...Corneille, whofe brother he was. He was a member of the Drench academy, and of the academy of Infcriptions. He difcovered, when he was young, a ftrong inclination... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 424 Seiten
...Herodian from the Greek ; the bell edition of whicb> is that of 1745, in i zmo. He died at Paris in 1-46, He was a member of the French academy, and of the academy of inscription« and belles lettre» ; and was fit ted to do honour to any fociety. MONGOOZ, in zoology.... | |
| 1798 - 604 Seiten
...had had the luck to have been born before him. Corneille's works have been often printed, and confuí of above 30 plays, comedies and tragedies. CORNEILLE (THOMAS), a french poet alio, but inferior te Peter Corneille, whofe brother he was. He was a member of the french academy,... | |
| Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1806 - 774 Seiten
...Herodian from the Greek ¡ the bt'ft edition of which is that of 174.;, in umo. He died at Paris in 1746. He was a member of the French academy, and of the academy of inP:riotio'H an I b 'Iles lettres. * MONGCORN. nf [maag Saxon, and corn.] Mixid corn: as wheat and... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 570 Seiten
...edition of which is that of 1745, in 12mo. He died at Paris, Aug. 15, 1746, aged almost seventy-two. He was a member of the French academy, and of the academy of inscriptions and belles lettres ; and was fitted to do honour to any society. In the first volume of... | |
| 1813 - 536 Seiten
...(THOMAS), brother to the preceding, a French poet also, but inferior to Peter Corneille, was born in 1625. He was a member of the French academy, and of the academy of inscriptions. He discovered, when he was young, a strong inclination and genius for poetry; and afterwards... | |
| John Aikin - 1815 - 506 Seiten
...Observations sur l'Histoire de France de Messrs. Velly, Villaret, et Gamier," 4 vols. i zulo. 1807. He was a member of the French Academy, and of the Academy of Inscriptions and Bilks Lettres, and latterly of the National Institute -, and besides the work? above... | |
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