La Fontaine
Hen·ri [French ahn-ree], /French ɑ̃ˈri/, 1854–1943, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1913.
Jean de [zhahnduh], /ʒɑ̃ də/, 1621–95, French poet and fabulist.
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How to use La Fontaine in a sentence
He insists on my going round the French trenches and sent a capitaine de La Fontaine along with me.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThe chateau, already colossal as viewed from the courtyard, appears gigantic when seen from below, as La Fontaine saw it.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacA screen with four panels of Beauvais tapestry illustrating La Fontaine's fables brought $3,700.
The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson MooreLa Fontaine made his young friend acquainted with the cabarets of the quarter, and Racine studied them not unwillingly.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2) | Benjamin Ellis MartinAnd La Fontaine sang praises of her esprit, and this was indeed fitting at his age then.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2) | Benjamin Ellis Martin
British Dictionary definitions for La Fontaine
/ (French la fɔ̃tɛn) /
Jean de (ʒɑ̃ də). 1621–95, French poet, famous for his Fables (1668–94)
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