LIGNE • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Ligne

... Messanges (1653-1723) was professor of philosophy at the College du Plessis, in Paris, for 34 years. The work to which De Morgan refers is probably the Fameux Probleme de la quadrature du cercle, resolu geometriquement par le cercle et a ligne droite that appeared ...

— A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) • Augustus de Morgan

... calculations the banker put forth as much intelligence and skill, finesse and mental power, as a practised diplomatist expends on national affairs. If he were equally remarkable outside his office, the banker would be a great man. Nucingen made one with the Prince de Ligne, with Mazarin or with Diderot, is a human formula that is almost inconceivable, but which has nevertheless been known as Pericles, Aristotle, Voltaire, and Napoleon. The splendor of the Imperial crown must not blind ...

— Scenes from a Courtesan's Life • Honore de Balzac