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Elle a dit, garde tes trésorsShe said, keep your treasuresMoi, je vaux mieux que tout ça
The Big 5 Personality Test & Its Connection to North African Music Field Notes 2008
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Sharp words were said about a deficit of manners displayed in the pit, but I am less concerned about our own sensibilities as performers we are vaux-de-ville players after all! and more worried over the impression left on our more gentle members of the audience.
Idle Afternoon Young Geoffrion 2007
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Sharp words were said about a deficit of manners displayed in the pit, but I am less concerned about our own sensibilities as performers we are vaux-de-ville players after all! and more worried over the impression left on our more gentle members of the audience.
Archive 2007-10-01 Young Geoffrion 2007
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Bon, les lunettes de soleil font un peu “star”, mais “tu le vaux bien”
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Bon, les lunettes de soleil font un peu “star”, mais “tu le vaux bien”
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To these entertainments they gave the name of "vaux-de-ville," the last syllable being changed to honor Bassel's native town [1] And gradually the x was dropped and the word has remained through the years as it is to-day.
Writing for Vaudeville Brett Page
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C'est la marge, l'ourlet de la toile qui m'intéresse, l'enchantement, la magie: "Achète-moi, je ne vaux rien puisque l'amour n'a pas de prix" (Léo Ferré).
Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert
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This name became corrupted, into "vaux-de-vire" in the time of Louis
Writing for Vaudeville Brett Page
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In 1148 vaux-de-Cernay, with the entire Congregation of Savigny, entered the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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"I was indeed at Rocroi -- captain in the regiment of chévaux-légers whereof you were Mestre de Champ."
The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes Rafael Sabatini 1912
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