Chartreux
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The words “Meet the Chartreux: French, Quiet & Cute” floated across the cat’s image.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
You wish to retire; and your intention is to seek the solitude of the Chartreux, or, possibly, some of the most beautiful provinces of France and Italy.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
For, though many a time I passed and repassed the monastery of the Chartreux, I never sought admittance.
From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
The only sweetness of his sad days, his only consolation was his wife: he loses her, and goes to die, at thirty-eight, in that cloister of Chartreux, which his pencil has immortalized.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor
Doubtless, too, the recollection of the picture I had seen at the monastery of the Chartreux helped to intensify my unrest.
From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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