VICTOR LOUIS AMEDEE POMMIER
\vˈɪktə lˈuːi ˈe͡ɪmdiː pˈɒmɪə], \vˈɪktə lˈuːi ˈeɪmdiː pˈɒmɪə], \v_ˈɪ_k_t_ə l_ˈuː_i_ ˈeɪ_m_d_iː p_ˈɒ_m_ɪ__ə]\
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A French poet; born at Lyons, 1804; died in 1877. Among his writings are: "The Russian Expedition" (1827); "The Republic; or, The Book of Blood" (1836); "The Assassins" (1837); "Hell" (1853), a most realistic portrayal of the infernal regions as conceived by old-time orthodoxy; "Algeria and Conquering Civilization" (1848); "Death of the Archbishop of Paris" (1849); "Monologues of a Solitary" (1870).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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