Duclos, in his History of the Gallic' Romance,[AW] gives the abovementioned oath of Lewis as the first monument of that language.

et son Siècle, par Voltaire; Saint Simon; Mémoires de Duclos; Mémoires du Duc de Richelieu.

DUCLOS, JACQUES.

SEE Duclos, Jacques. Fighting for peace.

SEE Duclos, Jacques.

By Jacques Duclos, translated by Joseph M. Bernstein.

La Specialite de M. Duclos.

DUCLOS, JACQUES.

SEE Duclos, Jacques. Fighting for peace.

SEE Duclos, Jacques.

By Jacques Duclos, translated by Joseph M. Bernstein.

La Specialite de M. Duclos.

Dampmartin, "one of the bravest men of his time," says Duclos [Histoire de Louis XI in the (Enures completes of Duclos, t. ii.

Dampmartin, "one of the bravest men of his time," says Duclos [Histoire de Louis XI in the (Enures completes of Duclos, t. ii.

"He was," says Duclos, "powerful from his possessions, a great captain, more ambitious than politic, and, from his ingratitude and his perfidies, worthy of his tragic end."

"He flew at the heads," says Duclos, "and was set on making great examples; he was convinced that noble blood, when it is guilty, should be shed rather than common blood.

" "Louis XI.," says Duclos, "was far from being without reproach; few princes have deserved so much; but it may be said that he was equally celebrated for his vices and his virtues, and that, everything being put in the balance, he was a king.

" We will be more exacting than Commynes and Duclos; we will not consent to apply to Louis XI.

the words liberal, virtuous, and virtue; he had nor greatness of soul, nor uprightness of character, nor kindness of heart; he was neither a great king nor a good king; but we may assent to Duclos' last wordhe was a king.

"One morning," says Duclos, "when the latter came to give an account to the king of the nomination to certain benefices, h

He had just published his Siecle de Louis XIV.; he flattered himself with the hope that he might again appear at court, though the king had disposed of his place as historiographer in favor of Duclos.

Madame Dusson, who is Dutch-built, and whose muscles are pleasure-proof, came with her; there were besides, Lady Mary Coke, Lord and Lady Holdernesse, the Duke and Duchess of Grafton, Lord Hertford, Lord Villiers, Offley, Messieurs de Fleury, D'Eon, et Duclos.

[Footnote 3: M. Duclos was an author of good repute as a novelist, and one of the contributors to the "Dictionnaire de l'Academie."

of Côtes du Nord, France, 14 m. S. of St. Malo; most picturesquely situated on the top of a steep hill, amid romantic scenery, of great archæological interest; the birthplace of Duclos.

DUCLOS, CHARLES, a witty and satirical French writer, born at Dinan; author of "Observations," and "A History of the Manners of the Eighteenth Century," and "Mémoires of the Reigns of Louis XIV. and Louis XV."