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Corneille

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Cor·neille  (kôr-n), Pierre 1606-1684.
French playwright whose works, including Le Cid (c. 1637) and Horace (1640), dramatize grand moral themes within elegant verse.
Corneille (French) [kɔrnɛj]
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(Biographies / Corneille, Pierre (1606-1684) M, French, THEATRE: dramatist) Pierre (pjɛr). 1606-84, French tragic dramatist often regarded as the founder of French classical drama. His plays include Médée (1635), Le Cid (1636), Horace (1640), and
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Noun1.CorneilleCorneille - French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684)
Pierre Corneille


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In the meanwhile, the personage who had so magically turned the tempest into dead calm, as our old and dear Corneille puts it, had modestly retreated to the half-shadow of his pillar, and would, no doubt, have remained invisible there, motionless, and mute as before, had he not been plucked by the sleeve by two young women, who, standing in the front row of the spectators, had noticed his colloquy with Michel Giborne-Jupiter.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
Corneille, Cherbuliez; Rousseau, Sismondi; Victor Hugo, and Joubert; Mozart and Wagner--all who are interested in these men will find a value in what Amiel has to say of them.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
"My dear Albert," returned Franz, "your answer is sublime, and worthy the `Let him die,' of Corneille, only, when Horace made that answer, the safety of Rome was concerned; but, as for us, it is only to gratify a whim, and it would be ridiculous to risk our lives for so foolish a motive.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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