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Oraisons funèbres

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  • Bossuet, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698; in the Uffizi, Florence
    In Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet: Lenten sermons and funeral orations.

    These first “Oraisons funèbres” (“Funeral Orations”) include panegyrics on Henrietta Maria of France, queen of England (1669), and on her daughter Henrietta Anne of England, Louis XIV’s sister-in-law (1670). Masterpieces of French classical prose, these orations display dignity, balance, and slow thematic development; they contain emotionally charged…

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