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Nicolas Boileau-
Despréaux (French: [nikɔla
bwalo depʁeo]; 1
November 1636 – 13
March 1711),
often known simply as
Boileau (UK: /ˈbwʌloʊ/, US: /bwɑːˈloʊ...
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Despréaux (pronounced [depʁeo]) is a
French surname.
People with that name include: Claude-Jean-François
Despréaux (1740s–1794),
French violinist and revolutionary...
- Jean-Étienne
Despréaux (31
August 1748 – 26
March 1820) was a
French ballet dancer, c****ographer, composer,
singer and playwright. The son of an oboist...
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Guillaume Despréaux (20
September 1802 – 14 June 1865) was a
French composer who won the Prix de Rome in 1828. Born as "Guillaume Ross" in Clermont-Ferrand...
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Louise Rosalie Allan-
Despreaux (1810 –
March 1856) was a
French actress. She was "discovered " by François
Joseph Talma at
Brussels in 1820, when she...
- Jean-Marie
Despréaux or
Louis Despréaux Saint-Sauveur, born on 20
December 1794 in Fougères and
deceased on 27
November 1843 in
Mexico City, was a French...
- the day of his death. His
favorite title page was the one for "Boileau
Despréaux." He had to cut the type
expressly for the
title to fit on one line. It...
- "La Pucelle," (1656) was
lampooned by his
contemporary Nicolas Boileau-
Despréaux.
Chapelain was born in Paris. His
father wanted him to
become a notary...
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published in 1675 on epic poetry. It was
highly praised by
Nicolas Boileau-
Despréaux. Its
leading doctrine was that the
subject should be
chosen before the...
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literally "according to the plummet".
French ballet master Jean-Étienne
Despréaux used the term in 1806 to
refer to the
dynamic balancing that is fundamental...
