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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.
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Jacques Nicolas Augustin Thierry
Language; Encyclopedias
French historian, born at Blois; came early under the influence of Saint-Simon, and during 1814-17 lived with him as secretary, assimilating his socialistic ideas and ventilating ...
Saint-René Taillandier
Language; Encyclopedias
French littérateur and professor, born at Paris; filled the chair of Literature at the Sorbonne from 1863; wrote various works of literary, historical, and philosophical interest, ...
Émile Souvestre
Language; Encyclopedias
French novelist and playwright, born at Morlaix; at 30 he established himself in Paris as a journalist, and became noted as a writer of plays and of charming sketches of Breton ...
Henri Bernardin de St. Pierre
Language; Encyclopedias
French novelist, born at Havre; an engineer by profession, was a disciple of Rousseau both sentimentally and speculatively; his chief work, "Paul and Virginia", shows here as in ...
Sully-Prudhomme
Language; Encyclopedias
French poet, born in Paris; published a volume of poems in 1865 entitled "Stances and Poèmes," which commanded instant regard, and have been succeeded by others which have ...
Duc de Soubise
Language; Encyclopedias
French soldier; served first under Prince Maurice of Orange, and commanded the Huguenots against Louis XIII., but after some successes was compelled to take refuge in England; ...
Prince of Benevento Talleyrand de Périgord Charles Maurice
Language; Encyclopedias
French statesman and diplomatist, born in Paris, of an illustrious family; rendered lame by an accident, was cut off from a military career; was educated for the Church, and made ...
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