d'Arblay
Britishnoun
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When the French Revolution broke out, Burney’s cosmopolitan sensibility brought her into contact with a circle of French exiles and she subsequently married General Alexandre d’Arblay, a hero of the uprising, in 1793.
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2017
M. d'Arblay set out on foot, loaded with remaining relics of things, to us precious, and Betty afterwards with a remnant of glass or two; the other maid had been sent two days before.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny
Fanny Burney lived there for four years after she had married General d'Arblay, and the two of them with their baby, and an income of £125, were superlatively happy.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh
Martin Charles Burney was the son of Rear-Admiral James Burney, Lamb's old friend, and nephew of Madame d'Arblay.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Lamb, Mary
Madame d'Arblay, in her most entertaining "Diary," gives a list of them,—and a list is all that is needed of such famous names.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator by Various
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