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To Idomeneus—a character taken, and not unplausibly taken, to have been suggested to F�nelon by the example of Louis XIV.—to this imaginary counterpart of the reigning monarch of France, Mentor holds the following language.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

To Idomeneus—a character taken, and not unplausibly taken, to have been suggested to Fénelon by the example of Louis XIV.—to this imaginary counterpart of the reigning monarch of France, Mentor holds the following language.

From Classic French Course in English by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

The beautiful old house itself was to be preserved as the center of an imposing group of handsome buildings; the old gardens need not be materially spoiled—so Bindlecombe unplausibly maintained.

From The Great Miss Driver by Hope, Anthony