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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Belles-Lettres
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BELLES - LETTRES (Fr. for "fine literature"), a term used to designate the more artistic and imaginative forms of literature, as poetry or romance, as opposed to more pedestrian and exact studies. The term appears to have been first used in English by Swift (1710).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Belles-Lettres'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/belles-lettres.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Belles-Lettres'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/belles-lettres.html. 1910.
