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In a third Joyce recalls: “Our talk consisted solely of the word ‘No.’ Proust asked me if I knew the duc de so-and-so.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2012
A few years before the revolution, the rhinoceros at the ménagerie at Versailles killed two men on separate occasions, and the duc de Noailles reported that the animal was likely to “bust out” again.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2011
Under Louis XV., with the duc de Choiseul as minister of war, great and useful reforms were effected in the army.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
But that was when in France the duc de Broglie was prime minister of a clerical government of which many of the supporters were clamouring for the restitution of the temporal power.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
He had now acquired a considerable position in the society of Paris, and the friendship of Royer-Collard and the leading members of the liberal party, including the young duc de Broglie.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
Barante's Histoire des ducs de Bourgogne de la maison de Valois, which appeared in a series of volumes between 1824 and 1828, procured him immediate admission to the French Academy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
Mary celebrated his determination in a couplet, written both in French and in Latin: "Il y a des comtes, des rois, des ducs aussi, Ce't assez pour moy d'estre Signeur de Seton."
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. by Mrs. Thomson
I believe the Duc de Noailles was the youngest of the old ducs et pairs of France.
From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper
Formerly it belonged to the ducs de Savoie and the kings of Sardinia.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
The edict is addressed:— “A tous roys, marquis, ducs et contes, Connestables, bailifs, vicomtes Et tous autres generalment Qui sont desoubz le firmament.”
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Clement A. Miles
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