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Bruant

American  
[bry-ahn] / brüˈɑ̃ /

noun

  1. Libéral c1635–1697, French architect.


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In 1892 Bruant was received as a member of the society of Gens de Lettres. 

From The Ways of Men by Eliot Gregory

He has also signed some fine posters, notably a Bruant which is a masterpiece of its kind.

From The French Impressionists (1860-1900) by Camille Mauclair

For there to be found, among others, was a certain Mickey Finn, as celebrated in his day and town as Aristide Bruant was in a section of Paris of the nineties.

From Fifth Avenue by Arthur Bartlett Maurice

It is a most delightful asylum for crippled or worn-out old soldiers, it was built after the designs of Bruant, begun in 1671, and completed in 1700.

From How to Enjoy Paris in 1842 Intended to Serve as a Companion and Monitor, Containing Historical, Political, Commercial, Artistical, Theatrical And Statistical Information by F. Hervé

And if the men of our party resented it for us, and if Bruant resented their resentment, how would that improve matters?

From Nights Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; London, Paris, in the Fighting Nineties by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

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