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The works of Monsieur de La Bruyere : in two volumes ...

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Main Author: La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645-1696
Corporate Author: Académie française
Other Authors: Coste, Pierre, 1668-1747, Ozell, John, -1743 (Translator), Theophrastus, Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for E. Curll ... and J. Pemberton, ... both against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, M SCC XIII. [1713]
Edition:The sixth edition, revised by the Paris edition :
Subjects:
La Bruyère, Jean de, > 1645-1696.
Characters and characteristics.
speeches (documents)
Essays.
Speeches.
Engravings.
Table of Contents:
  • Volume 1. A defence of M. de La Bruyere / [by Pierre Coste, translated by John Ozell] ; The moral characters of Theophrastus ; Monsr. de La Bruyere's speech upon his admission into the French Academy, June the 15th, 1693 ; Of the manner of living with great men, written after the method of M. Bruyere / by N. Rowe, Esq. The second edition.
  • Volume 2. The characters, or, The manners of the present age ; Monsieur de La Bruyere's supplement to The characters ... A key of the persons characteriz'd in the work [that is, The characters] under feigned names, &c. ; An index of authors cited, and general heads treated of.