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Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine , 1621-95, French poet, whose celebrated fables place him among the masters of world literature. He was born at Château-Thierry to a bourgeois family. A restless dilettante as a youth, he settled at last in Paris. His marriage (1647) terminated in 1658, and from 1673 to... Read more |
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Jean Baptiste Oudry
Jean Baptiste Oudry , 1686-1755, French animal painter. A pupil of Largillière, he became court painter to Louis XV, recording the king's hunts in his paintings and tapestry designs. He was also director of the Beauvais and the Gobelin tapestry works. He is known for his illustrations of La... Read more |
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fable
fable brief allegorical narrative, in verse or prose, illustrating a moral thesis or satirizing human beings. The characters of a fable are usually animals who talk and act like people while retaining their animal traits. The oldest known fables are those in the Panchatantra, a collection of... Read more |
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Lucien Germain Guitry
Lucien Germain Guitry , 1860-1925, French actor and producer. Guitry succeeded Coquelin as France's most versatile actor. He made his debut in 1878 in La Dame aux camélias and then played nine years at the Michel Theater, St. Petersburg, before returning to Paris. He created 73 of his 144... Read more |
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Grandville
Grandville (pseudonym of Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard) (b Nancy, 15 Sept. 1803; d Vanves, nr. Paris, 17 Mar. 1847). French caricaturist and illustrator. In 1825 he settled in Paris, where he became one of the leading political cartoonists until censorship outlawed such work in 1835.... Read more |
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Sir Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine
Sir Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine , 1807-64, Canadian political leader, b. Lower Canada (now Quebec). A lawyer, he entered (1830) the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and supported Louis Joseph Papineau in his opposition to the British administration but did not approve of the rebellion of 1837.... Read more |
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Auteuil
Auteuil , old town between the Seine and the Bois de Boulogne, absorbed (1860) into Paris, France. A favorite resort for writers (Molière, La Fontaine, Boileau) in the 17th cent., it is now the site of a popular steeplechase track.... Read more |
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Gerard Edelinck
Gérard Edelinck , 1640-1707, French engraver, b. Antwerp. He is known for his faithful interpretations of the work of Raphael, Le Brun, Champaigne, and other masters and for his portraits of celebrities of the time, including Louis XIV, Colbert, La Fontaine, John Dryden, and Descartes.... Read more |
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Charles Percier
Charles Percier , 1764-1838, French architect. He won (1786) the Grand Prix de Rome, and in 1794 he became associated with Pierre François Léonard Fontaine . Napoleon appointed them as government architects, and this post lasted until the emperor's fall. In the development of the... Read more |
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Robert Baldwin
Robert Baldwin 1804-58, Canadian statesman, leader of the movement for representative government in Canada, b. York (now Toronto), Ont. His father, William Warren Baldwin (1775-1844), was a leader of the Reform party and a supporter of the principle of responsible (i.e., cabinet) government in the... Read more |
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NICOLE FONTAINE AND JEAN-MARIE LE PEN CROSS SWORDS.
...far-right MEP, Jean-Marie Le Pen, is...President, Nicole Fontaine, made to justify...luckily for her". "I am proud of the ideas...movement whose ideology I am at liberty to combat", said Mrs Fontaine, pointing out that...and future duties ... |
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Le pouvoir absolu de la haine, la passion du politique dans 'Les Fables' de...
...confere une inflexion d'abord saccadee et etouffee. Voix contenue et pourtant eclatante deja dans la voyelle initiale, ce [i] qui dechire l'espace et dont les ondes repercutees troublent la paix du ruisseau. Le dire ("dit cet animal", v. 8... |
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Ambitious Diminutives: La Fontaine and the Art of the Apologue
...Fontaine. The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine. Translated by Norman R. Shapiro...approximation lies in the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine. This may sound absurd. After...know about fairs, we swine. I know what destiny ... |
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FOUR FRIENDS (A LA FONTAINE FABLE)
...warm meal for our friend. Raven and I will save her." The rat scurried...tortoise, who had just arrived. "I suppose I will have to eat the tortoise for...and lived long and happy lives. Jean de la Fontaine was born in 1621 and died in 1695... |
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Fontaine says Trezeguet can become France's all-time leading scorer
...tie French legend Just Fontaine and Jean-Pierre Papin with...settle for being No. 2. Fontaine figures the Juventus...It is exceptional, I grew up watching Papin...players like him and Fontaine. It shows I have been ... |
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Fontaine would face challenge in bid to remain AFN leade
...before next year's vote. "I think any organization is...forward is to be commended. I think there will be four...with a speech from Premier Jean Charest. "I'll be taking a lot of chiefs for coffee." Fontaine declined to be interviewed... |
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"We're back!" Fontaine takes race in round two.(Phil Fontaine elected chief...
...their national leader. Fontaine was unseated by Coon...Vancouver, a jubilant Fontaine took the oath of office...one from Prime Minister Jean Chretien and the other...an invitation to Chief Fontaine tomorrow to meet as soon...can work together." ... |
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FONTAINE STEPS FOURTH WSU STAR UPHOLDS FAMILY NAME IN RUNAWAY OVER SAN JOSE...
...1,887. "Isaac Fontaine is one of the best...before listing Fontaine's proficiency in...remarkable ... I'm so impressed...star Olivier Saint-Jean to 14 points on 5...the second half. "I was really impressed...through 13. But ... |
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Selling well is the best Revenge. (DNR: The Magazine - Francine Fontaine's...
...all look the same, but I have to have something...that it's Revenge. I want them to always find...influences in each store," Fontaine says. "When people walk...they're wearing," Fontaine reasons. Both stores...under the Mon Mec label, ... |
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So Phil, what were you thinking? Medium rare.(Phil Fontaine)
...And why did Mr. Fontaine send a copy to the Squamish...Mail seems upset that Fontaine dared write the judge...points to the example of Jean Charest, in 1991 a federal...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] First, Fontaine has nowhere near the...that appointed them. ... |
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