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[ Joseph Jérome le Français de Lalande, one of the most distinguished of French astronomers. He was born in 1732, and died in 1807.—-ED.]

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[ Silly: insipid.]

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[ “‘Tis very troublesome, but one must say pretty things to ladies.”]

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[ Physician-in-ordinary to the king—ED.]

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[ Her tragedy of “Edwy and Elgiva,” which was produced at Drury Lane in 1795. See note ante, vol. i., p. xlv.—-ED.]