Pierrefonds
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"You were in Paris, and as for us, we were at Pierrefonds."
From The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas père, Alexandre
For forty years Saint Germain has been in a state of restoration, and like the restoration of Pierrefonds it has swallowed up fantastic sums.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche
It's only a bandbox of a thing compared with Coucy or Pierrefonds or any of the northern ones.
From The Brimming Cup by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
"Lost! that is possible," replied the Seigneur de Pierrefonds, "but we are not taken or hung."
From The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas père, Alexandre
It took us a long time to reach the forest at Pierrefonds, which joins that of Compiègne.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
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