See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS See also:

• RACINE
• RACINE, JEAN (1639-1699)
• LOUIS RACINE (1692-1763)

RACINE (1692-1763)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French poet, second son of See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• RACINE
• RACINE, JEAN (1639-1699)
• RACINE, LOUIS (1692-1763)

Racine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 6th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1692 . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early conscious of a vocation for See also:

• POETRY

poetry, he had been dissuaded from following his inclination by Boileau on the ground that the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift never existed in two successive generations . In 1722 his small means induced him to accept a position in the See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue in See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence, but a See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with a certain Mademoiselle Presle secured his See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence . In 1755 he lost his son in the disasters consequent on the See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake . This misfortune, commemorated by Ecouchard See also:

• LEBRUN, CHARLES FRANCCOIS
• LEBRUN, PIERRE ANTOINE (1785–1873)
• LEBRUN, PONCE DENIS ECOUCHARD (1729-1807)

Lebrun, See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke Racine's spirit . He sold his library, and gave himself up entirely to the practice of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . In 1719 he had become a member of the See also:

• ACADEMIC

Academic See also:

• DES

des See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

Inscriptions, but had never offered himself as a member of the Academic Francaise, for fear, it is said, of incurring refusal on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his Jansenist opinions . La See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

Grace (1720) and Religion (1742), his most important See also:

• WORK

work, are inspired by a sincere piety, and are written in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse of See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform clearness and excellence . His other See also:

• WORKS

works include epistles, odes, among whichthe See also:

• ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

Ode See also:

• SUS

sus l'harmonie (1736) should be mentioned, Memoiros (1747) of Jean Racine, and a See also:

• PROSE

prose See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

Paradise Lost (1755)• See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis Racine died on the 29th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1763 . He was characterized by See also:

• VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire as " le bon versificateur Racine, fils du See also:

• GRAND

grand poete Racine." His cEuvres completes were collected (6 vols.) in 1808 .