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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 654 — XII. OF OPINIONS.

Henri Van Laun translation

Vauban (1633-1707), the great French military engineer, after the retaking of Namur by William III. in 1695, four years after this paragraph saw the light, was accused of having committed some errors in the erection of the fortifications of that town, but he proved those accusations to be unfounded.

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