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• AUSONIUS, DECIMUS MAGNUS —    a Roman poet, a native of Gaul, born in Bordeaux; tutor to the Emperor Gratian, who, on coming to the throne, made him prefect of Latium and of Gaul, and consul of Rome. He was a good versifier and stylist, but no poet (300 394) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• DELILLE, JACQUES —    a French poet, born at Aigues Perse, in Auvergne; translator of the Georgics of Virgil into verse, afterwards the Æneid and Paradise Lost, besides producing also certain didactic and descriptive works; was a good versifier, but properly no… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

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• Polish Literature — • Of the literature of Poland before the advent of Christianity (965) very few traces indeed are extant . . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Polish Literature     Polish Literature …   Catholic encyclopedia

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