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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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Chancellor L'Hospital distinguished himself by his determined opposition, and boldly refuted the churchman's arguments.

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

The king declared himself ready to furnish the Protestants with proofs of the uprightness of his intentions, and L'Hospital even exhibited the draft of an edict in which their rights should be guaranteed.

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

It was formal and open civil war between the two communions and the two parties that, with honest and patriotic desire, L'Hospital and even Catherine were anxious to avoid.

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

These," said L'Hospital, "are the causes of the most serious dissensions.

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

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