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The 43-year-old was named a Chevalier de l'ordre de la Legion d'honneur, which is the first level of the award created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802.
ITN Headlines 2009
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France, 'Tout est perdu fors l'honneur'; for honour was somewhat committed, even had nothing else been lost.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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I say with him -- 'Tout est perdu fors l'honneur'.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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Besides, it is a notorious fact that I have rejected several offers from the present government, and refused last year the 'croix d'honneur'; this makes amends and washes away half my sins.
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When the Neapolitan Princess di ----- was at the Tuileries as 'dame d'honneur' to Bonaparte's sister Caroline
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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Of course I laughed at it, but only ` pour l'honneur 'and to show I understood perfectly.
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Of course I laughed at it, but only 'pour l'honneur' and to show I understood perfectly.
The Arrow of Gold Joseph Conrad 1890
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I say with him -- 'Tout est perdu fors l'honneur'.
The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836
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He, however, could not say, like his namesake of France, 'Tout est perdu fors l'honneur'; for honour was somewhat committed, even had nothing else been lost.
The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836
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Besides, it is a notorious fact that I have rejected several offers from the present government, and refused last year the 'croix d'honneur'; this makes amends and washes away half my sins.
Gerfaut — Complete Charles de Bernard 1827
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