MARQUIS DE STANISLAS BOUFFLERS
\mɑːrkˈiː də stˈanɪsləz bˈuːfləz], \mɑːrkˈiː də stˈanɪsləz bˈuːfləz], \m_ɑː_r_k_ˈiː d_ə s_t_ˈa_n_ɪ_s_l_ə_z b_ˈuː_f_l_ə_z]\
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A French poet; born at Nancy, May 31, 1738; died at Paris, Jan. 18, 1815. He was reputed to be son of Stanislas II. of Poland. While an ecclesiastical student he wrote in prose the story of "Aline, Queen of Golconda", for which Stanislas awarded him a pension of 40,000 livres. Quitting the ecclesiastical career, he entered the military service and rose to the rank of major-general. Meanwhile he was earning the plaudits of the gay world by his erotic verses. He was one of the emigres of 1792, but returned to France in 1800. His "Complete Works" were published in 2 vols., 1813.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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