Nicolas Bricaire de la Dixmerie (c. 1730 – November 26, 1791),
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man of letters, was born at Lamothe (
Haute-Marne
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, where the rest of his life was spent in literary activity.
His numerous works include ''Contes philosophiques et moraux'' (1765), ''Les Deux Ages du goût et du génie sous Louis XIV et sous Louis XV'' (1769), a parallel and contrast, in which the decision is given in favor of the latter; ''L'Espagne littéraire'' (1774); ''Eloge de Voltaire'' (1779) and ''Eloge de Montaigne'' (1781).
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Les Neuf Sœurs
La Loge des Neuf Sœurs (; The Nine Sisters), established in Paris in 1776, was a prominent French Masonic Lodge of the Grand Orient de France that was influential in organising French support for the American Revolution. A "Société des Neuf Sœ ...
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1730s births
1791 deaths
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