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" ... taste, literature, and gaiety, with considerable regret. He did not enjoy his retirement long, being cut off by a severe illness, Nov. 17, 1747, in his eightieth year. He was interred at Boulogne, with the following epitaph : " Sous ce tombeau git... "
The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ... - Page 37
by Alexander Chalmers - 1816
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Petite bibliothèque des théatres, contenant un recueil des ..., Volume 62

1789 - 386 pages
...simplicité :aractérise mieux que ne pourrait faire le plu* liant éloge. Sous ce tombeau gît Li SAGI abattu Par le ciseau de la Parque importune. S'il ne fut pas ami de la fortune , II fui . toujours ami de la vertu. .Nous allons rapporter ici une Lettre adressé*...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 1

Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 538 pages
...I wish every man of letters could apply to himself the concluding lines of the epitaph of Le Sage: Sous ce tombeau git LE SAGE abattu Par le ciseau de la Parque importune ; S'il ne fut pas ami de la fortune, II fut toujours ami de la vertu. Beneath this tomb LE SAGE has found repose, Who well...
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Oeuvres choisies de le Sage, Volume 1

Alain René Le Sage - 1810 - 558 pages
...de son décès. On lui fitl'épitaphe suivante, que je rapporte faute d'autre : Sous ce tombeau gît LE SAGE abattu Par le ciseau de la Parque importune : S'il ne fut pas ami de la fortune, 11 fut toujours ami de la .vertu. Le lecteur trouvera dans la lettre suivante des details...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 536 pages
...that bespoke the old humourist. It was his practice to take it out of his pocket when he had reason to think that his company was composed of men of genius,...ciseau de la Parque importune : S'il ne fut pas ami de la Fortune, II fut toujours ami de la Vertu." His character is said to have been truly amiable,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 538 pages
...which one of his sons held a canonry: and although of an advanced age, Le Sage left the metropolis of taste, literature, and gaiety, with considerable regret....ciseau de la Parque importune : S'il ne fut pas ami de la Fortune, II fut toujoura ami de la Vertu." His character is said to have been truly amiable,...
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Recherches sur la Bretagne, Volume 1

Jean Baptiste François Delaporte - 1819 - 630 pages
...chanoine à Boulogne ; il y mourut en 1747. On fit pour lui Pépitaphe suivante : Sous ce tombeau, gît Le Sage, abattu Par le ciseau de la parque importune ; S'il ne fut pas ami de la fortune , II fut touiours ami de la vertu. NICOLAS TRAVERS. Nicolas Travers naquit à Nantes...
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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Volumes 1-3

Alain René Le Sage - 1820 - 956 pages
...which one of his sons held a canonry : and although of an advanced age, Le Sage left the metropolis of taste, literature, and gaiety, with considerable regret....long, being cut off by a severe illness, Nov. 17, I747, in his eightieth year. He was interred at Boulogne, with the following epitaph : Sous ce tombeau...
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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Volume 1

Alain René Le Sage - 1824 - 334 pages
...advanced age, Le Sage left the metropolis of taste, literature, and gaiety, with considerable regret. Ke did not enjoy his retirement long, being cut off by...Sage, abattu Par le ciseau de la Parque importune : J. S'il ne fut pas ami de la Fortune, < • II fut toujours ami de la Vertu. His character is said...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 1

Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 538 pages
...wish, however, that every man of letters could apply to himself the epitaph of this delightful writer : Sous ce tombeau git LE SAGE abattu Par le ciseau de la Parque importune ; S Ml ne fnt pas ami de la fortune, II fut toujours ami de la vertu. Many years after this article...
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Lives of the novelists, Volumes 1-2

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 554 pages
...inquiries, which could only be satisfied by the inconvenient medium of his hearingtrumpet. ' Sous ce tombeau Le Sage abattu, Par le ciseau de la Parque importune. S'il ne fut pas ami de la Fortune, II fut toujours ami de la Vertu. Le Sage, that — differing in that particular from...
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