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  • That evening, at the Villa Aioussa, there gathered a courtly assembly, of much higher rank than Algiers can commonly afford, because many of station as lofty as her own had been drawn thither to follow her to what the Princesse Corona called her banishment -- an endurable banishment enough under those azure skies, in that clear, elastic air, and with that charming "bonbonniere" in which to dwell, yet still a banishment to the reigning beauty of Paris, to one who had the habits and the commands of a wholly undisputed sovereignty in the royal splendor of her womanhood.

    Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873

  • I can remember when many ladies — most ladies, carried a box — nay, two boxes — tabatiere, and bonbonniere.

    Roundabout Papers 2006

  • She commonly brought a beautiful agate bonbonniere full of gold pieces, when she played.

    The Newcomes 2006

  • At a christening party all the favors savor of the nursery -- splendid cradles of flowers, a bassinet of brilliante trimmed with ribbons for a _bonbonniere_, powder-boxes, puffs, little socks filled with sugar instead of little feet, an infant's cloak standing on end

    Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

  • A pair of bellows is a pretty and inexpensive _bonbonniere_.

    Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

  • We are never too old to admire a pretty favor or a tasteful _bonbonniere_; and, looking back over the season, we remember, as among the most charming of the favors, those with flowers painted upon silken banners, with the owner's name intertwined.

    Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

  • He enters it as a pepper-caster, a feathered _bonbonniere_, a pickle - holder (in china), and is drawn, painted, and photographed in every style.

    Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

  • The _bonbonniere_ can cost anything, from five to five hundred dollars; fifty dollars for a satin box filled with candy is not an uncommon price.

    Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

  • Just at her elbow was the gay _bonbonniere_ containing the brown, cream-encrusted walnuts.

    Seven Little Australians Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

  • Lord Arthur put the capsule into a pretty little silver bonbonniere that he saw in a shop window in Bond Street, threw away Pestle and Humbey's ugly pill-box, and drove off at once to Lady Clementina's.

    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

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