a6p , F R A;M \©'E.
L it e r a ture.
Education.
-Univerfities.
^oatainey/th^platid^MiftBii^eacof5 Fenelon,. the gaielby .Cjf-£^iEeti, Abe,
caiiftic vivacity of Veltaire '?<
The' ftate - o f 'education in , all-the Catholic Gauntries*. vgaawV^&Y^B i:
festive, tiili th e Jefuits, acquired great* eftima'fciqn by their attention;tq.
this important department j^tp;which i f th o K ^ c ^ l j^ s ^ a d , l^en^ojejy
directed; they would have p ro v e d * meft^u’feful b o d y oj^m e p C ^ T he
want of* proper-.feljoojs for the poor will, At ig hopjed,- h^’#H&?died in
th e ' newAo^e^ohjshjngs ; and tq .this, .caflife^mavwperhap.s the, chiefly
imputed the. w an t o f vfeahandj1f p ^ J iqfo|p^aupp;-, r$ n ^ o £ ,,td e |it for&Qn
litical bufmefs, ■ which, have - furprifed - th § . fppdtatgrA- of the|;Frfnc||g,e-}
volution. W h en thq, ciyi-L commotions jEnglkj)Aij^^Q%edi;al 1
power** except th a t p f knowledge, th e nqijibe^ gf mep. p f t^entSj j-^ o ,
arofe in eyery department* ,infinit.ely..j|scge^s? x h a t^ ^ f a g h ^ g l^ g e n t
eyphtSiof-France have difplayed. . Nog, ;as:ign o r ^ c&.naturallgJ&a|s^to
*nd-* at once tjafkenif and hardens the
mind, can this,%£e<^^he.excepted fijonn, the ^ a '^ n g u in a ry
events which -have appalled Europe. ^N^tjotial e d ^ a ^ o n bas^ufflyL^t-
tra<3;ed the attention o f the new rplefs, whh jwhat, fuccefi
difc&yer >1® there is a wide; difference - . betw.q« fomjng- a, .p l^ h b te
|cheine, and the p utting'of it in lafting jjxeajjMij, vrith, tpgplations and
funds tha«t fupport,themfelvea. Under wh%|?'^e.rjRW^:.(® g ^ ^ rh ^ nt& ?
ignorant will be found the moft, pnmanagealjle ^ and jthm e iJ ^ Qhines.
who attempted, to . extinguith what they Agf®pd1th e kriftocrflci'~ of
knowledge, unitedr.as ufuaL^eyery vice1 .to rcbiifummate,igimr^ne.e.t
Itapeq: formerly boafted o f tweqty-©)ie.' unkveAtiesgb in th e ^ o r th
Deuay, Gaep, Pam* Rheims,.'Nanci,'i,Stra^l?)i^ii;gr) ip, ,jp y |dE ;m *o-
vinces Nantes, ..Angers, Poitiers, Qrleans,' Bourses, fijj
iw A 'tin tbff fnnth »Bourdeaux. ,P^u, Perpignan, ^ p q lo p fe ^ Mqpt^ell-ipr,
Aix, Orange, Valence.' Of thefe the -S^rJ^pne^pf Paris-vyaSrtJ|et Jnpli
celebrated; ’ but it (hewed a n . irremediable; .^ e^ ^ c ^ p tc ^ p ro h p jjg .the
rgigh of lch4 =*ftie theology. | The academies and literary ^pc^tie^we^e
computed at thirty-nine. Thofe o f Paris in particular have J je ^ p J p g
known to the,learned world, by elegant and. prp.fau.p4 -v^luipesvpj |) f -
1 L a Croix Geographic,. Tame jn.
fertati'ons
. C H A HP Hr. (fiRVIL ' QfBsO'GtR A P H Y.
f e f t a t ip h sA q t th ^ ^ y i lV E ^ P ^ ^ h th ^ ^ ^ s . l i t r e s . . Nor haye public*
in-ftitufio# p f e » s ^ i® 4SshgPft< %^g% Itp ^ ,^ ^ ip n fid e ra tiq n 'o f the new
gojyeifnm’eiit.t i»'
t>’ The.ai^pleilsitpi|t Qifhis q a % j t r y - ^ ^ r e ^ d ^ d i h g . n u p h e r of
itHpqEtant c i$^s spdd’|o®H'Six Jg|fs .'©jmhc^Sfi^s.the
avplea^qt and * yyi th* delightful em
viftbnsfe At j^divided^intp jtliree parts i^th&.thwm^w^to^feqnprth,
thS'^&ity. in ^h'ei"nwddle',-',that' part: called .the u n ^ h ty j’o™ 410, fouth,’
l|i& mentidrted^^J^e/^hs,Mjp^sreftri,^;e^ }n h isrtirqe Jqjan.d/lapd in
the amid ft oh th^fi^k-f . An ,W^g®^'t&ye%r| fponofeufens tciLligg
0 p j^ ^ fd p ^ |f l!le |rtha.n %)^dqmvjf|,|uHl if( hrftl'e.inli^ahifanth^a® fcarcely
eyeeed^4^iOO'p!jpyte ^ f f e f e ^ » r ^ p q t ^ r U a n , . ) j tm l p r c t h V y ‘-’The
h'Q qfdSj^r|^h|^y huilt.I with 4 'Machmha
which run? in? variouk dMd fti^ ^ ^ n d e r . th.e.feenEs,,i"Slhat ^rr earthquake,
would,■he-i*;p€cul^.plyi)defl;‘rJia£ti'Yj^<jag,d. w fe h i*saEgpHtray' qnryftnefcity.
The bankhj»of^ tlic/Seine ,prefent, noble qua) s, phu^Hl.the^puhiiCminnlwigs
are ngt e|tlyi>eJ^Mit-in t^eraJg^eSj^hhtijirqiplachd'ih RpeA.fed^Gqm'i
ihai^dirig.^tuations. dJje^Lqipv^e is.a|rapg.e'd am o fe ah e beft fpecimens,
gf* mpdern apehite^u^e; and:^&£dmiE^ o f lit. .C'^hoy-fcYe-.fnowl the-
Pfin^eqp',jis>allWdefety^dfe adimr^d jj nor muft th e , T h u i||^w |S ' the'
Palais' ^.^gyale, and the^sH.ofpitol,^pf Invalids ah &Egbtt«a.*, flParis no*
douBycxceeds Eqn^3nyLn magn^fic^nce,vl)nt{A-ijehls'Jpr.u<it 1 v J11 cleanliiiels
SndjM^^ftifW.% ih andajlhj? !^ i^ ^ ?® ^y .',W ^o u tia eh om iih 0 ^ t£ 6 n
for.fc^jpaffengejSj^lqudlyjhefpeak th,e *inattemioit.q£,thg_g|w,emiben6 ,tgi
the * middle and ^qroeq^ckfe^ pf men. 'f’hp ,envuf®n®^£ de
Boulogne, ]yiaxtre,jtP,alIy, i P e . p ^ fA c . arc plealjngdv'hi ve r|v
fifred’. ^ T h e j^ e n t^ ^ ^ g lq ric ^ ^ a ^ lM e fc imglaired,tp c Lof Pansfe'
oh the^e'ontrar'y Jfhe raf*qe eh£eyeral p r s y ln c ^ ^ a ^ e a ra ^ e d ^M d ^ bm e ii
the public?;cedie^i'ons'«jj.and (by enrithiqg.,nume'tiquki- individuals, Emy
enabled'Them ‘ top'inCreafe-their! favpijitit'e, city with new ^nd ,beautiful.
ftre'etaiand fquafesgjv',,
Next'.to Paris in extent and- population |Was, the poble city ,of Lyonk *
which was fuppofed to’ contain about y < ^ t e ^buls.'. f.As th e ^ ^ h f ma7
nufadtures were articles'of luxury, filk, ©l'dths'df'gojqj and mver, r&ci’ 1
■gtfdi* . TvasMSkeafs Ehn<ie,*a;ml ••
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