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At Nontron, M. A. de Calvimont, the sub-prefect, welcomed Jasmin with the following lines: "To Jasmin, our grand poet, The painter of humanity; For him, elect of heaven, life is a fete Ending in immortality." Jasmin replied to this with some impromptu lines, 'To Poetry, dedicated to the sub-prefect.
Then came the priest's address, Jasmin's recitations, and the final collection of offerings. It is unnecessary to repeat the scenes, however impressive, which occurred during the journey of the poet and the priest. There was the same amount of enthusiasm at Nontron, Bergerac, and the other towns which they visited.
The northern limit of the Provençal language formed a line starting from the Pointe de Grave at the mouth of the Gironde, passing through Lesparre, Bordeaux, Libourne, Périgueux, rising northward to Nontron, la Rochefoucauld, Confolens, Bellac, then turning eastward to Guéret and Montluçon; it then went south-east to Clermont-Ferrand, Boën, Saint Georges, Saint Sauveur near Annonay.
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