Beaumarchais
Americannoun
noun
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Gregory Daniel Beaumarchais, 43, has been charged with one misdemeanor of annoying or molesting a victim believed to be under 18.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2022
Timo Jouko Herrmann raises the possibility that Mozart undertook his own Beaumarchais adaptation—“Figaro”—after learning of Salieri’s intention to compose “Tarare.”
From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019
The quote from Beaumarchais, “I laugh at everything in order not to cry,” projected on the scrim at the start, should be a mantra for today’s opera composers: Write more comedies!
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 13, 2018
“This port was crucial for the American Revolution; Beaumarchais transported arms to the American war effort.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2017
From French arsenals and other sources Beaumarchais got more than 200 cannon, 25,000 guns, 200,000 pounds of powder, about 20 brass mortars, and shoes, clothing, and tents for 25,000 men.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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