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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...
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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...
- 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...
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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...
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floor after being directed by
Guerot and
another French national,
Silas Despreaux.
After he
lunged at her with a knife,
Scott shot him. She
began to perform...
- "La Pucelle," (1656) was
lampooned by his
contemporary Nicolas Boileau-
Despréaux.
Chapelain was born in Paris. His
father wanted him to
become a notary...
- Jean-Étienne
Despréaux (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ etjɛn depʁeo]; 31
August 1748 – 26
March 1820) was a
French ballet dancer, c****ographer, composer...
- 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...
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attributed to its
translation into
French by
linguist Nicolas Boileau-
Despréaux in 1674.
Later the
treatise was
translated into
English by John Pultney...
