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If it is dark or stormy outside, I sing canticles, repeat my catechism, and when I am tired I play with Velours.

From The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 by Lespérance, John

But it is Providence which disposes of us, as our good father St. Velours tells us often; and one must be content.

From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

He has left no book more characteristic than Le Chemin de Velours, which he called a study in the dissociation of ideas.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund

A shallow circular cavity in the large blue flag of the hearth was the resting place of Velours.

From The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 by Lespérance, John

Betting 6 to 5 Huon, 9 to 5 Navarre and Reddick coupled 7 to 2 Debar; 8 Hyperion, 40 Velours.

From History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 by O'Connor, John Lawrence