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Bossuet

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Bos·suet  (bôs-w), Jacques Bénigne 1627-1704.
French prelate and historian noted for his funereal orations and a philosophical treatise on history.
Bossuet (French) [bɔsɥɛ]
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(Biographies / Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne (1627-1704) M, French, RELIGION: clergyman) Jacques Bénigne (ʒɑk beniɲ). 1627-1704, French bishop: noted for his funeral orations


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I could recite you the whole of Thucydides, Xenophon, Plutarch, Titus Livius, Tacitus, Strada, Jornandes, Dante, Montaigne, Shakspeare, Spinoza, Machiavelli, and Bossuet.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Here was something beyond the shallows of ladies' school literature: here was a living Bossuet, whose work would reconcile complete knowledge with devoted piety; here was a modern Augustine who united the glories of doctor and saint.
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