Ronsard
Americannoun
noun
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Settings of Ronsard by de Monte and Bertrand exuded subtle sophistication, and I know of no other ensemble I would rather hear sing Palestrina.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2017
The shelves are finished with crown moldings, atop which perch small white busts, all of which were specially chosen: George Washington, Lafayette, Pierre de Ronsard, Benjamin Franklin, Diderot, Voltaire, Leibniz, Tocqueville, Descartes, Molière, and Balzac.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2014
The novel's theme is the one Yeats borrowed from Ronsard: "When you are old and grey and full of sleep" – the old woman treasuring the memories of the young poet who loved her in her beauty.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2010
Cellulite cannot be burned off by conventional diets, says Ronsard; even when poundage is pared away, this "superfat" remains.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the contrary, exclusive of Horace, Ronsard, and Du Bellay, the whole of whose critical discussions he has almost incorporated into his poem, Minturno is his chief authority, his model, and his guide.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias
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