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BARBIER, HENRI AUGUSTE (1805-1882)

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HENRI AUGUSTE (1805-1882) , See also:

French dramatist and poet, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

Paris on the 29th of See also:

APRIL

April 1805. Inspired by the revolution of See also:

JULY

July he poured forth a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of eager, vigorous poems, denouncing, crudely enough, the evils of the See also:

time. They are spoken of collectively as the lambes (1831), though the designation is not strictly applicable to all. As the name suggests, they are modelled on the See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse of See also:

ANDRE, JOHN (1751-178o)

Andre See also:

Chenier. They include La Curee, La Popularite, L'Idole, Paris, See also:

DANTE

Dante, Quatre-vingt-treize and Varsovie. The See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of Barbier's poemsare forgotten, and when, in 1869, he received the See also:

long delayed See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

ADMISSION

admission to the See also:

Academy, See also:

Montalembert expressed the See also:

general sentiment in his Barbier7 mais it est mort! It was even asserted, though without See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation, that he was not the real author of the Jambes. He died at See also:

NICE

Nice on the 13th of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1882. He collaborated with See also:

Leon de See also:

WAILLY, NOEL FRANCOIS DE (1724-1801)

Wailly in the libretto of See also:

BERLIOZ, HECTOR (1803-1869)

Berlioz's See also:

OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera, Benvenuto See also:

CELLINI, BENVENUTO (1500-1571)

Cellini, and his See also:

WORKS

works include two series of poems on the See also:

POLITICAL

political and social troubles of See also:

Italy and See also:

England, printed in later See also:

EDITIONS

editions of lambes et poemes. See also Sainte-Beuve, Portraits contemporains, vol. ii.

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