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Title: La Vraie Maniere D’Apprendre une Langue Quelconque, Vivante ou Morte, Par le moyen de la Langue Française. [...] Traduction littérale des Pieces Angloises suivantes ; Savoir : 1) Caton, Tragédie, par M. Addisson. Author: Nicolas Adam (translator/editor), Joseph Addison (playwright) Publisher: Benoît Morin, Laporte, L’auteur; Paris Year: 1788 Details: Very scarce copy of a French-English facing edition of Addison’s Cato (Addisson’s Caton here), issued in a series of language instruction materials for French speakers developed by Nicolas Adam, linguist and French ambassador to Venice. This title is absent from WorldCat, the only translations in the series with holdings being those of Horace, Phaedrus, and Samuel Johnson. xi, [1], 217, [3] + 12pp. prospectus for Traduction littérale des Oeuvres d’Horace; 7.5 x 5 in. Additional information: “Adam, Nicholas, linguist and writer, b. in Paris, 1716; d. 1792. He achieved distinction by a peculiar grammar of which he was the author. It bore the title: "La vraie manière d'apprendre une langue quelconque, vivante ou morte, par le moyen de la langue française." It consisted of five grammars: French, Latin, Italian, German, and English. He published another book which he called "Les quatre chapitres",—on reason, self-love, love of our neighbour, and love of virtue—writing it in good and bad Latin, and good and bad French. He has also left many translations of classic works, among them, Pope's "Essay on Man", Johnson's "Rasselas", Addison's "Cato", Young's "Night Thoughts", etc. He was a favourite of Choiseul, who sent him as French ambassador to Venice. It is said that he knew all the languages of Europe and possessed a rare gift of communicating his knowledge to others. For many years he had been professor of eloquence at the College of Lisieux.” [ Catholic Encyclopedia , 1913]
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