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The two Mesdemoiselles Deshoulieres, Madeleine and Bribri, were beautiful girls of seventeen or eighteen, brought up in all the innocent pastoralism of their mother.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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"But where are your sheep, shepherd?" said Bribri.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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Madeleine and Bribri were wild with joy, while their mother was labouring in search of a rhyme, and did not attend to the real eclogue which was about to be commenced.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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So said the pure and candid Bribri, hitting in a moment on the ingenious device; so true it is, that at the bottom of all hearts -- even the most amiable -- there is some small spark of mischief ready to explode when we least expect it.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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"Look, Bribri," she said -- "Daphnè I mean -- he is one of the silvan deities, or perhaps Narcissus looking at himself in the water."
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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At noon that very day Madeleine and Bribri, or rather Amaranthe and
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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Madeleine was for the blue ribands, Bribri for the rose colour.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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At last, Madeleine fixed on Amaranthe, Bribri on Daphnè.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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On their return to the chateau, Madeleine and Bribri complained that they had seen neither flock nor shepherdess.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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The Bribri Indians regard the pollution of childbed as much more dangerous even than that of menstruation.
Chapter 20. Tabooed Persons. § 3. Women tabooed at Menstruation and Childbirth 1922
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