La Fontaine

[ French la fawn-ten ]

noun

1. Hen·ri [ah, n, -, ree], 1854–1943, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1913.
2. Jean de [zhah, n, d, uh], 1621–95, French poet and fabulist.

La Fontaine

/ la fɔ̃tɛn /

noun

1. La FontaineJean de16211695MFrenchWRITING: poet Jean de (ʒɑ̃ də). 1621–95, French poet, famous for his Fables (1668–94)

Example Sentences

He insists on my going round the French trenches and sent a capitaine de la Fontaine along with me.

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The chateau, already colossal as viewed from the courtyard, appears gigantic when seen from below, as La Fontaine saw it.

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A screen with four panels of Beauvais tapestry illustrating La Fontaine's fables brought $3,700.

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La Fontaine made his young friend acquainted with the cabarets of the quarter, and Racine studied them not unwillingly.

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And La Fontaine sang praises of her esprit, and this was indeed fitting at his age then.

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