La Fontaine
Americannoun
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Henri 1854–1943, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1913.
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Jean de 1621–95, French poet and fabulist.
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Example Sentences
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Western writers — anyone from Jean de La Fontaine to James Joyce — could cull from the past without accusations of plagiarism because the Western canon was considered part of their heritage.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2022
In a jaw-dropping video, he reeled off the names of those illustrious figures from the past who had brought glory to the nation: Hugo, Racine, La Fontaine, Voltaire, Chateaubriand, Descartes, Pascal, and, yes, Molière.
From Slate • Jan. 18, 2022
He’d transfer the digital files — from Chuck Brown at the Howard Theatre to Rare Essence at La Fontaine Bleue — then head to his day job selling ads for the Gazette newspapers.
From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2021
Two friends were driving along the quiet country roads of La Fontaine, Indiana, after a fishing trip one evening in 1975.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2021
Had Cowper not gone mad in his thirty-second year, and been frightened out of the world of trifles, we should have had another Prior, a wittier Gay, an earlier Praed, an English La Fontaine.
From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Birrell, Augustine
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