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 LIFE OF THE CHEVALIER DE ST. GEORGE immediately afterwards to our then VenerABLE MoNARCH, George the Third. MEMOIRS OF MoNSIEUR de Sr. GEORGE After the flattering encouragement I received from the many who were my late scholars, and pleased with the fencing anecdotes in my “Reminiscences," already having spoken of the Dieu de Dance Vestris; though "Othello's occupation's gone," still sticking to the shop, I cannot say too much of the Dieu d'Armes, St. George. Some years ago, I published my Extıacts, and the medical opinions on the utility and advantages of Fencing; although in print, these are extinct, except the few copies in possession of those who received them from me. The following is a narrative of the Chevalier de St. George, which I sent for purposely, to my friend, Monsicur Saint Ville, at Paris. His memoirs cannot fail to be acceptable to those who have only heard of his skill; but more particularly to the ainateurs of the art, the life of a man that was universally admired for lis many accomplishments. LIFE OF TIIE CHEVALIER DE ST. GEORGE. The Chevalier de St. George was born at Guadaloupe. He was the son of M. de Boulogne, a rich planter in the colony, and who became the more fond of him as he was the result of an illicit connexion, by no means uncommon in the West Indies. His mother was a negress, and was known under the name of the handsome Nanon. She was justly considered as one of the finest women that Africa had ever sent to the plantations. The Chevalier de St. George united in his own