Lacretelle
Americannoun
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The Lepelletier section, directed by Richer-Sérizy, La Harpe, Lacretelle junior, Vaublanc, etc., turned its attention to the organization of the insurrectional government, under the name of the central committee.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet
Then in 1880 came M. de Lacretelle, who "presented to the Chambers a proposed law tending" to the same end which M. de Freycinet and M. Sadi Carnot had so unprofitably "studied"!
From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by William Henry Hurlbert
"Do not be uneasy," replied M. Michaud, "your secret shall be well kept; I will hide it in the complete works of my friend Lacretelle."
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various
The action, which, however, was of but little importance, is called by Lacretelle "Le Combat de Fillingshausen."
From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I by Horace Walpole
Fleda hesitated and then said it was by Lacretelle.
From Queechy by Susan Warner
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