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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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On the contrary, Madam," rejoined L'Hospital, "the cardinal is the original cause of all the mischiefs that have chanced as well to France, within these eight years, as to the rest of Christendom.

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

It is high time for you to drop your mask," he said to L'Hospital, "for, as for myself, I cannot discover what religion you are of.

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

L'Hospital announced that the special object of the present meeting was to devise the means of allaying the seditions which had arisen in consequence of religious differences.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Baird, Henry Martyn

Its importance is so great, as reflecting the views of a mind so impartial and liberal as that of Chancellor L'Hospital, that I make no apology for the prominence I have given to it.

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

The arguments of L'Hospital which I have laid before the reader furnish sufficient proof.

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

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