MARIE ANNE FIQUET DU BOCCAGE
\mɐɹˈiː ˈan fˈɪke͡ɪ dˈuː bˈɒke͡ɪd͡ʒ], \mɐɹˈiː ˈan fˈɪkeɪ dˈuː bˈɒkeɪdʒ], \m_ɐ_ɹ_ˈiː_ ˈa_n f_ˈɪ_k_eɪ d_ˈuː b_ˈɒ_k_eɪ_dʒ]\
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A French poet (1710-1802); born (Lepage) at Rouen. She accompanied her husband in his European travels, and everywhere won great celebrity for wit and beauty: "A Venus for form, a Minerva for art". Her principal works are an imitation of "Paradise Lost"; a paraphrase of Gessner's "Death of Abel"; an original epic, "The Columbiad"; a tregedy, "The Amazons", well received. Her "Letters on England", etc., give full report of the honors showered upon her.
By Charles Dudley Warner
