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... noble final words , " Le plus vif plaisir d'un esprit qui travaille consiste dans la pensée du travail que les autres feront plus tard . " The Nouveaux Essais de Critique et d'Histoire contain spirited and well - written articles on ...
... noble final words , " Le plus vif plaisir d'un esprit qui travaille consiste dans la pensée du travail que les autres feront plus tard . " The Nouveaux Essais de Critique et d'Histoire contain spirited and well - written articles on ...
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... nobles , and all the knights , in order to be ready at all hours , kept their horses in the room where they slept with their wives ( Note by the Author ) . 4 la Somme ] A river of France , rising in the department of the Aisne , and ...
... nobles , and all the knights , in order to be ready at all hours , kept their horses in the room where they slept with their wives ( Note by the Author ) . 4 la Somme ] A river of France , rising in the department of the Aisne , and ...
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... noble rank , but a married lady of less noble rank was called damoiselle , 115 whilst the young nobleman of low rank bore the name of damoiseau . 112 épurge ] Pure . An old French word , from the Latin expurgare , to cleanse , to purify ...
... noble rank , but a married lady of less noble rank was called damoiselle , 115 whilst the young nobleman of low rank bore the name of damoiseau . 112 épurge ] Pure . An old French word , from the Latin expurgare , to cleanse , to purify ...
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... noble sent peser sur ses épaules la main d'un valet normand devenu par force son mari ou son amant . Il y a des bourgeois saxons de deux sous , d'un sou , selon la somme qu'ils rapportent à leur maître ; on les vend , on les engage , on ...
... noble sent peser sur ses épaules la main d'un valet normand devenu par force son mari ou son amant . Il y a des bourgeois saxons de deux sous , d'un sou , selon la somme qu'ils rapportent à leur maître ; on les vend , on les engage , on ...
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... nobles , les palais des évêques , les maisons des riches , fut française ; et les peuples scandinaves , dont soixante ans auparavant les rois saxons se faisaient chanter les poëmes , crurent que la nation avait oublié sa langue , et la ...
... nobles , les palais des évêques , les maisons des riches , fut française ; et les peuples scandinaves , dont soixante ans auparavant les rois saxons se faisaient chanter les poëmes , crurent que la nation avait oublié sa langue , et la ...
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