The Duc de L'Omelette (Q3793881)
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humorous short story by Edgar Allan Poe, in which the Duc de L'Omelette dies while eating an ortolan, finds himself in hell, and avoids damnation by cheating Satan at cards
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | The Duc de L'Omelette |
humorous short story by Edgar Allan Poe, in which the Duc de L'Omelette dies while eating an ortolan, finds himself in hell, and avoids damnation by cheating Satan at cards |
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Keats fell by a criticism. Who was it died of “The Andromache”? Ignoble souls!—De L'Omelette perished of an ortolan. L’histoire en est breve. Assist me, Spirit of Apicius! (French)
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Had Alexander not been Alexander, he would have been Diogenes; and the Duc assured his antagonist in taking leave, “que s’il n’eut ete De L’Omelette il n’aurait point d’objection d’etre le Diable.” (English)
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- cswiki Vévoda De L'Omelette
- dewiki The Duc de L’Omelette
- enwiki The Duc de L'Omelette
- frwiki Le Duc de l'Omelette
- itwiki Il duca de l'Omelette