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Bel-esprit  n.  (pl. beaux-esprits)  A fine genius, or man of wit. "A man of letters and a bel esprit."






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"Bel-esprit" Quotes from Famous Books



... believe, a hundred thousand pounds, or more, and twice as many caprices: I was handsome and witty—or, to speak with that kind of circumlocution which is called humility, the world, the partial world, thought me a beauty and a bel-esprit. Having told you my fortune, need I add, that I, or it, had lovers in abundance—of all sorts and degrees—not to reckon those, it may be presumed, who died of concealed passions for me? I had sixteen declarations and proposals ...
— Tales and Novels, Vol. III - Belinda • Maria Edgeworth



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