belles-lettres

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No heart, not much of any science, yet enough of every one to speak its language: his forte was Belles-lettres, painting, and sculpture.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

It has only five grand divisions: Theology, Law, Arts and Sciences, Belles-lettres, and History.

From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand

The classification in use in the Bibliothèque nationale of France places Theology first, followed by Law, History, Philosophy and Belles-lettres.

From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand

Mémoire lu à l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-lettres et Arts de Rouen, en février 1864.'

From Joan of Arc by Gower, Ronald Sutherland

In 1855 he was appointed professor of Belles-lettres in Harvard College.

From McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes