il avait fait ... de l'agriculture en philosophe

he had praeticed agriculture as a philosopher. 48.— 5. nourri comme il l'était de la plus pure moelle de l'Encyclopédie, indoctrinated as he was in the principes of the Encyclopedia. The Encyclopedia is a dictionary of gênerai information concerning the sciences, arts, and trades, edited by Diderot; the discours préliminaire is regarded as the great masterpiece of IVAlembert. It is the most complète expression of • the philosophical, critical, irreligious, and reformatory tèndencies of the 18th century, and exerted an immense influence in hastening the French Révolution.

16u de Georges, i. e , of Georges Cadoudal, a famous royalist chief of conspirators, who made, or was accused of making, several attempts to overthrow the government of Napoléon I. He was finally executed, with eleven associâtes, in 1804. After the Resto ration his family was ennobled by Louis XVIII.