Cette passion fit qu'il eût bientôt dissipé le peu de for tune que lui avaient laissée ses parents et qu'il se vit contraint de donner des leçons de français à Pétersbourg, pour subvenir à son existence et à celle de sa famille; il fut mème attaché, dit - on, au service médical de Cathe rine II et habita quelques temps a la Cour de Russie.

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