Excerpt from An Essay on the Life of Michel De L'hopital, Chancellor of France Remiz contended for'the' prize. It was adjudged to the latter, but he had the 'good sense not to print his work. M. Guibert was less prudent; his performance ap peared in print soon after the prize was assigned to it; but though it was evidently the production of 'a scholar of Voltaire, both Voltaire, and la' Harpe, his echo, expressed their contempt of it. The cele brated Condorcet afterwards entered the lists, but with equal want of success. In 1807, M. Bernardi published his Essaisur la Vie, les Ecrits, ' et les Loix de Michel de l'hepital, ' Chancelier de' France, in one volume octavo. It is written'with taste and judgment; and places the celebrated magistrate, who is the subject of it, both in an amiable and a respectable point of View; but it relates more to his private and literary life, than his public character.' Of that, a very good account had been given in the Vie du.chancelier l'hopital, pub lished by an anonymous French writer, in 1764. Many interesting particulars of l'hepital are to be found in'brantome'; and Bayle assigned to rhim'an article in rbis dictionary., -, From ithese publications, fiche. Bf itha' Cha'ncellor lde l'hopital. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.