[55] Henri Cardin Jean Baptiste Comte d'Aguesseau (1746-1826).--B. [56] Henri François d'Aguesseau (1668-1751), thrice Chancellor of France.--T. [57] Jean Francois Ducis (1733-1816), the tragic poet, author of _Œdipe chez Admète_, imitated from Sophocles and Euripides, and of imitations of many of Shakespeare's tragedies. His only original play was _Abufar, ou La Famille arabe_, which obtained a great success. He received Voltaire's seat in the Academy in 1778. Ducis refused the many advantages offered him by Bonaparte, preferring to live in poor and honourable retirement.--T. [58] Gabriel Marie Jean Baptiste Legouvé (1764-1812), the poet, author of the _Mort d'Abel_, the _Mort d'Henri IV_ and other tragedies, and of some didactic poetry which is better than the plays.--T. [59] François Juste Marie Raynouard (1761-1836), author of the tragedy of the _Templiers_, entered the Academy in 1807 and became its perpetual secretary in 1817.--T. [60] Pierre Laujon (1727-1811), author of some comic operas and of a collection of sportive verse entitled _À-propos de société_ (1771). He had been secretary to the Prince de Condé.--T. [61] Anacreon was born at Teos.--T. [62] Cf. CAMOËNS, _Luciad_, where Adamastor is represented as the giant spirit of storms, warning Vasco de Gama off the Cape of Storms, now the Cape of Good Hope.--T. [63] The Chevalier de Parny, author of _Éléonore_, was born in the Île Bourbon.--T. [64] Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, author of _Paul et Virginie_, lived three years in the Mauritius.--T. [65] Joseph Alphonse Esménard (1770-1811) accompanied General Leclerc to San Domingo, and on his return wrote his poem of the _Navigation._ Napoleon made him Theatrical Censor. In 1810, he entered the Institute. He was exiled, in 1811, for writing against the Emperor Alexander, returned to France after three months, and was immediately killed by a fall from his carriage.--T. [66] St. Ambrose (_circa_ 340-397), one of the Fathers of the Church, was Governor of Liguria when he was elected bishop by the people, although himself but recently converted to Christianity and as yet unbaptized. He was ordained priest and consecrated Bishop of Milan within a few days (374). St. Ambrose is honoured on the 7th of December.--T. [67] Jean Siffrein Cardinal Maury (1746-1817) had been appointed to the See of Montefiascone by Pope Pius VI. in 1794. In 1810, Napoleon had nominated him Archbishop of Paris, a fact which Chateaubriand purposely disregards.--B. [68] Chénier's tragedy of _Charles IX_ was produced in 1789, _Henri VIII_ and the _Mort de Calas_ in 1791, _Gracchus_ in 1792, _Fénelon_ in 1793.--T. [69] A reference to an attack in Chénier's satire entitled the _Nouveaux Saints_, which commences thus: Ah! vous parlez du diable? il est bien poétique, Dit le dévot Chactas, ce sauvage érotique. --B. [70] André de Chénier, guillotined in 1794.--T. [71] Caius Fabricius Luscinus (_fl._ 282 B.C.), the type of the ancient Roman virtue.--T.