Memoirs of the Life of Peter Daniel Huet, Bishop of Avranches (Volume 1) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1810 Excerpt: ... attend the funeral of his father, one of the company of treasurers of France at Caen I looked up to him with eager eyes, as one who was rising to distinguished celebrity. (6) My.sisters Maria and Susanna, being now marriageable, were taken from the society of their Dominican aunts, and restored to their aunt at Caen. A few years afterwards they were very respectably matched, and Maria became the mother of several children, from whom proceeded a numerous progeny: Susanna had only one son, who died young.. Havingat length completed my course of belles lettres, and appearing fit to commence that of philosophy, though as yet not past my thirteenth year, I was freed from the mischievous society of my cousins, and to my great advantage removed to the board and tuition of Antony Halle, regius professor, a man of profound learning, and of great fame for the poetical talent which he displayed in some productions published towards the close of his life. He was likewise distinguished for his accurate knowledge of geography, on which he more than once lectured publicly in the university of Caen. With this science I was en tirely unacquainted, not having as yet been taught its first elements; but Halle would not suffer one whom he saw ardently desirous of acquiring other branches of knowledge to remain shamefully ignorant of this, and undertook both by public and private instruction to initiate me in it. By means, therefore, of his daily and domestic conferences, I not only received a valuable accession of learning, but was freed from many errors imbibed in my childhood. To this favour he added a singular kindness, or rather parental love towards me, which he retained to the latest hour of his existence. For while he was just breathing his last, calling to him William P...