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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature ... - Page 78
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 5

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 650 pages
...fluent and pleasing, pure and harmonious. His most celebrated work is Les ^ventures de Tilemifii". in which he endeavored to exhibit a model for the...himself never thought of, that Calypso represented mndame de Montespan, Eucharis mademoiselle Fontanges, Antiope the duchess of Burgundy, Protesilaus...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 5

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 650 pages
...fluent and pleasing, pure and harmonious. His most celebrated work is Lcs .Ivtnturts dc Tdemaqitf, in which he endeavored to exhibit a model for the...this historical romance to be a satire on his reign, aud forbade die completion of the printing. Some malicious persons pretended, what Fenelon himself...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 5

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 642 pages
...fluent and pleasing, pure and harmonious. His most celebrated work is Les Aventures de TVZémaque, in which he endeavored to exhibit a model for the education of a prince. It was carried ofl'and published by a valet employed to transcrite the manuscript. On the appearance of this work,...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 5

1844 - 636 pages
...celebrated work is Lea Jlvenlurcs de Tdimoque, in which lie endeavored to exhibit a model for tlio education of a prince. It was carried off and published...himself never thought of, that Calypso represented iridame de Montespan, Eucharis mademoiselle Fontanges, Antiope the duchess of Burgundy, Protesilaus...
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The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw ...

Popular encyclopedia - 1846 - 886 pages
...pure and harmonious. His most celebrated work is Les Aventuret de Telemaque, in which he endeavoured to exhibit a model for the education of a prince....off and published by a valet employed to transcribe tlie manuscript. On the appearance of this work, Louis manifested displeasure towards Fenelon, conceiving...
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Putnam's Home Cyclopedia ...

G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852 - 846 pages
...celebrated production, and the one which for ages will survive, is his " Adventures of Telemachus," in which he endeavored to exhibit a model for the education of a prince ; and more pure and elevated maxims were never woven into a tale either of truth or fiction. His death...
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Hand-book of Universal Biography

Parke Godwin - Biography - 1852 - 844 pages
...celebrated production, and the one which for ages will survive, is his u Adventures of Telemochus," in which he endeavored to exhibit a model for the education of a prince ; and more- pure and elevated muxinid wero never woven into a tale either of truth or fiction. His...
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Cyclopedia of Universal Biography: A Record of the Names of the Most Eminent ...

Parke Godwin - Biography - 1856 - 832 pages
...celebrated production, and the one which for ages • will survive, is his "Adventures of Telemaehus," in which he endeavored to exhibit a model for the education of a prince •, and more pure and elevated maxims were never .woven into a tale either of truth or fiction. His...
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A Dictionary of General Biography: With a Classified and Chronological Index ...

William Leist Redwin Cates - Biography - 1867 - 2414 pages
...celebrated production is his romance entitled • The Adventures of Telemachus,' in which he endeavoured to exhibit a model for the education of a prince. It was first published without his consent, and several passages being offensive to the king, it was suppressed....
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The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw ...

Popular encyclopedia - 1874 - 530 pages
...pure and harmonious. His most celebrated work is Les Aventures de lélémaque, in which he endeavoured to exhibit a model for the education of a prince....appearance of this work Louis manifested displeasure towai'ds Fenelon, conceiving this historical romance to be a satire on his reign, and forbade the completion...
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