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O.D.S. trotted out to see _l'orage_, and found a cloudless sky, and,
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 Anonymous
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Garde Nationale ressemblent à l'arc-en-ciel et n'arrivent qu'après l'orage! '
Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe
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"Il pouvait y avoir des vagues majestueuses et non de l'orage sans son coeur," was finely observed of Madame de Staël in her maturer years; it would have been true of Hermione at any period of her life.
Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical 1827
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Je l'ai lu en entier et puis relu dans la septième édition qui a paru en 1846 dans les tems où nous étions plus calme, où l'orage politique ne grondait que de loin.
Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville Mary Somerville 1826
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Sur le baromètre fluctuant des relations franco-allemandes, le temps est à l'orage.
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"Quand l'orage eut cesse, l'equipage de la chaloupe se rembarqua pour retourner a bord.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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I am afraid that it will end in a hurricane, or what the Lower Canadians term 'l'orage.'"
Roughing It in the Bush Susanna Moodie 1844
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