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Meanings of lettre (lettres) in English

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Usage of lettres in English
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With Lamartine and other cultivators of the belles-lettres she was likewise acquainted.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1
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Her favourite author in the belles lettres was, of course, Dr. Johnson.
Zanoni
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He intended to devote himself not to law, but to belles lettres.
Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life
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The latter was also tutor in rhetoric and professor of belles-lettres and oratory.
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
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He was fairly launched, this American Farmer, in the society of the lettres.
Letters from an American Farmer
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The term belles-lettres does not fully express it, for it is too narrow.
The Relation of Literature to Life
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He afterwards became professor royal of the belles lettres at Copenhagen.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
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They also sent them thither to study belles lettres and philosophy.
The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy
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You would enjoy a course of belles-lettres, and should take that.
Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, Old Ser...
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Again, there are documents which belong to the domain of belles-lettres pure and simple.
History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 12 (o...
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His library would have satisfied the ambition of a student of history or belles-lettres.
A Walk from London to John O'Groat's / With Notes by the Way
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For the fine arts, and especially for the belles-lettres, he entertained a profound contempt.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3
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He never attempted the learned languages, nor manifested any inclination for rhetoric or belles-lettres.
Life of George Washington — Volume 01
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There are more kinds of literature than classical belles-lettres, and perhaps more important kinds.
What the Schools Teach and Might Teach
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Extrait du Bulletin de L'Academie des inscriptions et belles lettres.
The Voyage of Verrazzano / A Chapter in the Early History of Mar...
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They had, besides, an academy of belles-lettres, where genius was cultivated, refined, and encouraged.
Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 / The Work...
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