La Vallière
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Without replying, La Vallière pointed to her rose.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various
She did not in the least resemble a La Vallière as she stood there gazing at me, with her gleaming, pencilled eyes and heavy, scarlet lips.
From Sacred and Profane Love by Arnold Bennett
"And when one foresees the end, one dies," murmured La Vallière.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various
In France among queens—de la main gauche—she had in charm but one predecessor, Agnes Sorel, and but one superior, La Vallière.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
The Life of La Vallière was spurned from her.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various
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