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
Madame d'Arblay describes the pertinacity of George III. in attending service here in bitter November weather, when the queen and court at length left the king, his chaplain, and equerry "to freeze it out together."
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
M. d'Arblay was a gardener of greater courage than science.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh
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
Within a month Madame d'Arblay had made £2,000, and Macaulay's estimate of her whole profits was over three thousand guineas.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh
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