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Nicolas Bricaire de La Dixmerie

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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NICOLAS BRICAIRE DE LA DIXMERIE ( c. 1730-1791), French man of letters, was born at Lamothe (Haute-Marne). While still young he removed to Paris, where the rest of his life was spent in literary activity. He died on the 26th of November 1791. His numerous works include Contes philosophiques et moraux (1765), Les Deux Ages du gout et du genie sous Louis XI V. et sous Louis X V. (1769), a parallel and contrast, in which the decision is given in favour of the latter; L'Espagne litteraire (1774); Doge de Voltaire (1779) and Eloge de Montaigne (1781).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Nicolas Bricaire de La Dixmerie'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​n/nicolas-bricaire-de-la-dixmerie.html. 1910.
 
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