Maintenon
Americannoun
noun
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He is persistently concerned with rectifying the long-distorted picture of Maine and Madame de Maintenon, both of whom are customarily presented as monsters of intrigue and ambition.
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I can make my meaning more easily understood by repeating a remark made by the Duchess of Burgundy to Madame de Maintenon.
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And in Louis XIV's day, the gardens did not stop at the doors; his mistress, Madame de Maintenon, liked to change color and perfume by rearranging the Trianon's million flower pots daily.
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One of the Carp at Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV was said to resemble Madame de Maintenon to an extraordinary degree.
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They passed the night in tears in the superior's apartment; and the next day Madame de Maintenon come to console the community for their loss.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
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