Nicolas Bricaire de la Dixmerie

Nicolas Bricaire de la Dixmerie (c. 1730 – November 26, 1791), French man of letters, was born at Lamothe (Haute-Marne). While still young he moved to Paris, where the rest of his life was spent in literary activity.[1]

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).[1]

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "La Dixmerie, Nicolas Bricaire de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 60.

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