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Béranger

American  
[bey-rahn-zhey] / beɪ rɑ̃ˈʒeɪ /

noun

  1. Pierre Jean de 1780–1857, French poet.


Béranger British  
/ berɑ̃ʒe /

noun

  1. Pierre Jean de (pjɛr ʒɑ̃ də). 1780–1857, French lyric and satirical poet

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I embrace this opportunity of renewing my thanks, and I beg you to receive the assurance of the high consideration with which I have the honour to remain, Your very humble Servant, Béranger.

From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by John William Cole

In those charming lines of Béranger, one may fancy described the career, the sufferings, the genius, the gentle nature of Goldsmith, and the esteem in which we hold him.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury

When Béranger was condemned to three months' imprisonment for one of his songs, Victor Hugo visited him in his cell.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by G. Barnett Smith

At the outset of the Nineteenth Century, Béranger definitely determined to follow the career of letters.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson

They found themselves near neighbors of Béranger, and frequently saw him promenading the avenue in a white hat, and they learned that he lived very quietly and “kept out of scrapes, poetical and political.”

From The Brownings Their Life and Art by Lilian Whiting

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