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MADAME DACIER.
This celebrated Lady was born in the year 1651, at
Saumur, where her father, Tanneguy Le Fevre, taught
the belles lettres. In the evenings he instructed his son,
to whom Anne, his younger sister, whispered the responses
when his memory failed him. This being perceived
by Le Fevre, he examined his daughter, then only
eleven years of age, conceived she was born to become
eminent in literature, and, from that moment, made her
quit her needle to commence her studies almost at the
same time, of the Latin and Greek tongues* The Italian
language followed by way of recreation; and, in a little
time, the scholar became the instructor of her professor.
In the year 1672, her father died. In the year fol-
lowing, Madlle- Le Fevre went to Paris, where the Duke
de Monpensier, engaged her to prepare editions of Latin
authors, for the use of the Dauphin. Two years after-
wards, she published her Florus, of which she sent a
copy to the Queen Christina, of Sweden, who, in a com-
plimentary letter, urged her to become a catholic.
In 1683, she married M. Dacier, and soon after, they
renounced the protestant religion, which being known to
Louis the Fourteenth, he granted her a pension of 2000
livres.
Her reputation being now established by the works
already mentioned, by an edition of Callimachus, and
This celebrated Lady was born in the year 1651, at
Saumur, where her father, Tanneguy Le Fevre, taught
the belles lettres. In the evenings he instructed his son,
to whom Anne, his younger sister, whispered the responses
when his memory failed him. This being perceived
by Le Fevre, he examined his daughter, then only
eleven years of age, conceived she was born to become
eminent in literature, and, from that moment, made her
quit her needle to commence her studies almost at the
same time, of the Latin and Greek tongues* The Italian
language followed by way of recreation; and, in a little
time, the scholar became the instructor of her professor.
In the year 1672, her father died. In the year fol-
lowing, Madlle- Le Fevre went to Paris, where the Duke
de Monpensier, engaged her to prepare editions of Latin
authors, for the use of the Dauphin. Two years after-
wards, she published her Florus, of which she sent a
copy to the Queen Christina, of Sweden, who, in a com-
plimentary letter, urged her to become a catholic.
In 1683, she married M. Dacier, and soon after, they
renounced the protestant religion, which being known to
Louis the Fourteenth, he granted her a pension of 2000
livres.
Her reputation being now established by the works
already mentioned, by an edition of Callimachus, and