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  • Castelmoron-d'Albret, which is now one of the finest and most fertile cantons in the diocese of Bazas.

    Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre Louisa Stuart Costello 1834

  • She related to us once at the Marechale d'Albret's, where I knew her, that at Martinique -- that distant country which was her cradle -- an ancient negress, well preserved and robust, had been kind enough to take her into her dwelling.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • That so beastly a dog should have soiled Jeanne d'Albret's bed!

    Jonah and Co. Dornford Yates 1922

  • What bitter tears shed Jeanne d'Albret's son ere he could bring himself to sacrifice conscience on the altar of expediency and a great career!

    In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

  • A boar's head was a favorite dish at the table of great people in Marshal d'Albret's time; yet he used to faint at the sight of one.

    A Mortal Antipathy: first opening of the new portfolio Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • A boar's head was a favorite dish at the table of great people in Marshal d'Albret's time; yet he used to faint at the sight of one.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • This personage, the Orleans Jacques Coeur, one of the richest burghers of the day, was named Groslot, and had charge of Jeanne d'Albret's business with the court of France.

    Catherine De Medici Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • After coming to this conclusion, I showed Madame d'Albret's letter to

    Valerie Frederick Marryat 1820

  • Madame d'Albret's cruel conduct towards me -- nor tears of injured pride such as Madame Bathurst had forced from me, by her effort to humiliate me in my own eyes -- nor yet tears of wrathful indignation, such as burst from me when I detected Lady M--, in her base endeavour to destroy my character.

    Valerie Frederick Marryat 1820

  • Now come up to my room, and I will give you Madame d'Albret's letters, and some pretty presents she has sent you.

    Valerie Frederick Marryat 1820

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