Maintenon
Americannoun
noun
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That its desperate romantic crumbs�Napoleon's Empress Josephine was born there, and Louis XIV's Madame de Maintenon lived there�are not enough to make up for its boredom.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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One of the Carp at Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV was said to resemble Madame de Maintenon to an extraordinary degree.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 what did he say?" exclaimed Madame de Maintenon, with an eagerness that she could not master.
From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
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