Boileau

British  

/ bwalo /

noun

1. Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). full name Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux . 1636–1711, French poet and critic; author of satires, epistles, and L'Art poétique (1674), in which he laid down the basic principles of French classical literature

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Boileau

The signature in the upper right of the picture was deciphered using AI and specialists at the auction house Lyon & Turnbull were able to confirm the artist as Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Bee Boileau, research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, estimated the extra needed would be less, about £13-14bn, once existing spending increases were taken into account.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

“It’s funny because he is a great cook,” said Brigitte Boileau, Domingue’s mother.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2022

“Marc Boileau slides the puck up to Guyle Fielder … he moves up the ice … he shoots, he scoooooooores!”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2014

But Malherbe's ideal was the ideal of French classicism—the ideal of Boileau, Racine, and Bossuet.

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Joel Elias Spingarn

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