Maintenon
Americannoun
noun
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Princes and potentates once treated the toilet seat as an extension of the throne; it was from the gilded cabinet that France's Louis XIV announced his engagement to Mme. de Maintenon.
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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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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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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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It was not without much patience on the part of Madame de Maintenon that the difficulties were at last overcome.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
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