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L'Hospital

American  
[law-pee-tal, loh-pi-tal] / lɔ piˈtal, ˌloʊ pɪˈtæl /
Or L'Hôpital

noun

  1. Guillaume François Antoine de 1661–1704, French mathematician.


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"Sir," said L'Hospital, turning to the Cardinal of Lorraine, "you are already come to sow discord among us!"

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

L'Hospital, when sending the seals to the queen-mother, who demanded them of him, considered it his bounden duty to give her without any mincing, and the king whom she governed, a piece of patriotic advice.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by Black, Robert

L'Hospital had but a few months before been urging to a course of political integrity, and pointing out the rock on which all previous plans of pacification had split.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

"Would you prevent these poor people, whom the king has permitted to live with freedom of conscience in the exercise of their religion, from receiving any consolation at all?" asked L'Hospital.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

There has been great confusion respecting this altercation between Lorraine and L'Hospital.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

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