LA DIXMERIE

la dixmerie, nicolas bricaire de (c. 1730-1791), french man of letters, was born at lamothe (haute-marne). while still young he removed to paris, where the rest of his life was spent in literary activity. he died on the 26th of november 1791. his numerous works include _contes philosophiques et moraux_ (1765), _les deux ages du gout et du genie sous louis xiv. et sous louis xv._ (1769), a parallel and contrast, in which the decision is given in favour of the latter; _l'espagne litteraire_ (1774); _eloge de voltaire_ (1779) and _eloge de montaigne_ (1781).