Sully-Prudhomme

American

[sy-lee-pry-dawm] / süˈli prüˈdɔm /

noun

René François Armand 1839–1907, French poet: Nobel Prize 1901.

Sully-Prudhomme British

/ sylli prydɔm /

noun

René François Armand (rəne frɑ̃swa armɑ̃). 1839–1907, French poet: Nobel prize for literature 1901

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In the later ’sixties, with Fran�ois Copp�e, Sully-Prudhomme, Paul Verlaine and others less distinguished, he made one of the band of poets who gathered round Leconte de Lisle, and received the name of Parnassiens.

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I feel fingers which press as those of M. Sully-Prudhomme, my neighbor on the right, might do.

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This was a certain and undeniable case, and Sully-Prudhomme returned to his home with me as thoroughly convinced as I am.

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Mommsen German 1901 R. F. A. Sully-Prudhomme French Yeats is noted aside from his literary work for his activities on behalf of the Irish Free State.

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If any of the guests were acquainted with matters literary or artistic, they were usually discreet enough to remain silent out of deference to the host; but on one occasion a school friend of Helen's, from Boston, hearing some remarks about the last story of Bourget, took the opportunity to start a discussion upon the poetic psychology of Sully-Prudhomme, which was greeted in a manner that made the poor girl fancy she had said something very indiscreet.

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